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The Consequences of Structural Transformations of Leisure Time on the Ship

Author(s): Wioleta Bryniewicz, Żaneta Stasieniuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Polska Akademia Nauk - Oddział w Gdańsku, Komisja Socjologii Morskiej
Keywords: leisure time; sailors; ship

Summary/Abstract: The article entitled “The consequences of structural transformations of leisure time on the ship” discusses the transformation of the structure of leisure time on the ship. The analysis is based empirical research carried out at an interval of forty years. The research material is supplemented with a statement posted on the seafarers' online forum. Comparative analysis revealed a tendency among respondents to the individual leisure activities. Such action is the isolation of the individual members of the ship's crew, and thus decrease the efficiency of cooperation in areas requiring seafarers. At the same time organizational changes in the modern fleet, which reduces to a minimum stopover in the port, thereby increasing the time of seafarers isolation from the broader social environment of intensifying the sense of social isolation. In the long term, lead to alienation of personality disorders influencing attitudes among other work.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: XXIII
  • Page Range: 63-71
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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