1 Laguna State Polytechnic University, Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines.
2 College of Hospitality Management and Tourism, Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(01), 028-044
Received on 14 May 2023; revised on 21 June 2023; accepted on 23 June 2023
The study aims to explore the dilemmas experienced by Filipino seafarers in the cruise line industry. Purposive sampling was used in phenomenological approach to examine the lived experiences of Filipino seafarers. There is a constraint of ten (10) seafarers who worked in the cruise line industry and had a difficult situation. The researcher collected data from the respondents' written and verbatim reports on their demographic information and interviews with seafarers in order to address the research problem. The average age of mariners was shown to be thirty-five (35) years old. This statistic is backed further by the fact that the majority of seafarers interviewed are between the ages of thirty-one and forty, followed by twenty-one to thirty, and then fifty-one to sixty. This study also claims that the majority of seafarers examined had an average term of service of one to ten years, followed by eleven to twenty years. Additionally, the survey findings revealed that the majority of respondents worked in the food and beverage department, followed by the stewardship departments, and lastly the deck, engineering, and secretarial departments. It also demonstrates that the majority of those questioned are college graduates, with the average being a college undergraduate and the least being a high school graduate. Also according to the findings of this survey, the majority of participants earned between 28,000 and 67,000 pesos each month. The researchers have identified four (4) common or super ordinate themes from the dilemma that was discussed by every participant: (1) Family Ties; (2) Health Concerns; (3) Faith and Temptation; and (4) Work – related problems. After completing the study, a developed action plan was produced that will be utilized for Filipinos.
Filipino Seafarers; Cruise line Industry; Lived Experiences; Common themes; Action Plan
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Villy Harry Rusiana Harina, Criztelle Angela C. Cajano, Juan Carlos B. Alcalde, John Laurence B. Cads, Ivan Chester D. Soterio and Mellie Joy Tenerife-Adofina. The ethical dilemmas of Filipino seafarers in cruise line industry: A basis for action plan. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(1), 028-044. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.1.1216