Functions, performances and perceptions of work on ships

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-250

  Ljung, Margareta ^a   Lützhöft, Margareta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Function based manning; Ship work; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919883129     PISSN: 1651436X     EISSN: 16541642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13437-014-0057-x     Document Type: Article

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