U.S. SEAMAN AND THE SEAFARING ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM REPORT

The Symposium was held at the request of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and attended by the leadership of seafaring labor unions and interested government officials. The purpose was to focus attention on factors in the seagoing environment which affect the seaman and his performance, with the objective of ascertaining the need for an industry-wide study. Papers were presented by recognized authorities in the fields of Human Behavior and Industrial Psychology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at Symposium on U.S. Seaman and the Seafaring Environment on Sept. 9, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Employee relations; Human factors engineering; Psychology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Industrial psychology
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035918
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 1973 12:00AM