Global governance of training standards in an outsourced labor force: The training double bind in seafarer license and certification assessments

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bloor, Michael; Sampson, Helen; Gekara, Victor
• 署名单位: Cardiff University; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12042
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 455-471
• 关键词: minimum essential requirements; services; HEALTH; RISK

摘要

The shipping industry is among the most globalized of all industries and is characterized by complex modular supply chains, including a largely outsourced labor force of just-in-time casualized workers from developing countries and the transitional East European states. Despite long-standing efforts by international bodies to standardize and regulate the education and training of seafarers, variations in practices and standards persist. Employers exercise contradictory influences on education and training providers, on the one hand demanding the urgent provision of more recruits (encouraging corner-cutting), and on the other complaining about the poor quality of recruits received (urging crackdowns on poor quality providers and more rigorous examinations) - the training double bind. This paper reflects on these issues through the study of the problematic use of computerized assessments in seafarer examinations, drawing upon findings from a study involving research in six different case study countries providing maritime labor and interviews with stakeholders.