WORKPLACE STRESS AMONG SEAFARERS IN INDIAN MARITIME INDUSTRY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

The Maritime Industry is termed as mammoth as well fascinating Industry and also being the main reason for the global economy. Though being vital to the world, equal recognition needs to be given to the brave seafarers who perform one of the toughest jobs in the world by manning the gigantic ships through the roughest seas and unsafe areas. The major success of them is by the use of a number of interrelated skills and capabilities that are primarily personal. It is a key objective to minimize the impact of absenteeism, health problems, and burnout effects caused by unsatisfactory working conditions. In a strategic stress management perspective, the negative impact of stress is very much a problem of maritime industry that in its consequences is eroding the core competencies and competitive advantage of the maritime industry. The key objective of this study is to identify the factors leading to stress among the seafarers and to find out the Correlation between work stress and strategies involved in stress management. The present study comprises both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected by personal interaction and well-structured questionnaire of Stress management. The Secondary data has been collected through books, research magazines and journals, online resources, various reports on stress management. The data were collected through the standard questionnaire and analyzed by using Descriptive statistics, Correlation and one wayANOVA with the help of SPSS.The sample size of 351respondents was selected by usinga multistage random sampling method. The results indicated that strategies for stress management improve the quality of worklife affected by stress.