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Predictors of professional commitment for Chinese new generation cohorts in a sample of seafaring officers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2021

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Xiaohui Jia*
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School of Shipping Economics & Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
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E-mail: xiaohuijia@dlmu.edu.cn
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Abstract

This study aims to examine the predictors of professional commitment of the Chinese new generation, divided into post-80s and post-90s cohorts. A questionnaire survey was employed to collect data from Chinese seafaring officers of these cohorts. The results through hierarchical regression analysis present the two cohorts as having both similar and different predictors. The main difference is that company management and policies positively drive the post-80s cohort to work at sea but not the post-90s. The main similarity is that the work itself is the most important predictor for both cohorts. This study contributes to helping maritime companies to estimate the possibility of Chinese new generation officers quitting sea jobs and can be of value to both managers and authorities as they seek to comprehend the generational dynamic features to better cope with the problem of shortage of younger qualified officers.

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Chinese new generationprofessional commitmentseafaring officersgenerational cohorts
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , March 2021 , pp. 379 - 395
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2021

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