RT journal article
T1 Personal Values of Future Seafarers: Cross-Cultural Study Among Maritime University Students
A1 Russo, Andrea
A1 Galić, Marko
A1 Cueto Ancela, José Luis
A1 Bachari Lafte, Mohammadreza
A1 Slišković, Ana
A1 Sić, Leon
A1 Kraljević, Slavka
A2 Ciencias y Técnicas de la Navegación y Construcciones Navales
K1 Seafaring
K1 Maritime universities
K1 Personal values
K1 Cross-cultural training
AB Seafarers are key workers who play a crucial role in international trade. Many studies have investigated variousfactors that influence the well-being, motivation and work performance of seafarers. According to the results of studiesconducted among the general population, personal values could be important for the well-being of seafarers, but have notyet been investigated. The aim of this study was therefore to look into the differences in the personal values of futureseafarers in a cross-cultural context. 423 students from maritime universities in Croatia, Spain and Iran took part in the onlinestudy. The participants completed the demographic questionnaire and the Portrait Values Questionnaire. The results showthe differences in the perceived importance of values between students from different countries. For example, Croatianstudents considered value preservation less important than Spanish and Iranian students, while openness to change andself-improvement were more important for Iranian than for Croatian and Spanish students. In addition, differences werefound in conformity, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, power, security and achievement. The Iranian students consideredthe above values to be more important than Spanish and Croatian students. These results emphasize the importance ofintercultural training for the different stakeholders in the maritime sector.
PB Faculty of Maritime Studies
SN 1848-3313
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39261
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39261
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026