8/10/2019 SIGNIFICANT CUTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MULTINATIONAL CREWS

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SIGNIFICANT CUTURAL DIFFERENCES IN MULTINATIONAL CREWS

Globalization and access to internet ma lead one to belie!e t"at c#lt#ral di$$erences are

less and less im%ortant in t"e latest ears& not onl in t"e $ield o$ maritime trans%ort& b#t in an

acti!it $ield' T"is mi("t be tr#e b#t not to s#c" e)tent t"at t"ese di$$erences ma be called

insi(ni$icant' T"e internet and (lobalization merel o$$er t"e conditions $or di$$erent c#lt#res to

interact online or t"o#(" economic relations' *artl res%onsible $or t"is sit#ation is t"e lan(#a(e

o$ t"e online en!ironment& +"ic" is En(lis"& t"e same lan(#a(e #sed b sea$arers' ,eond t"is

(eneral ad!anta(e& comm#nication bet+een cre+ members ori(inatin( $rom di$$erent c#lt#res

ma et be di$$ic#lt i$ not done in +ritin(' And bet+een cre+ members o$ t"e same !essel little&

i$ an& comm#nication is done in +ritten $orm' T"e main di$$erence addressed "ere is

%ron#nciation and accent' E!en t"e #se o$ Standard Maritime Comm#nication *"rases masometimes be ins#$$icient $or eas #nderstandin( o$ a messa(e s%o-en +it" ."ea!/ accent'

Online access to c#lt#ral data is also bene$icial to #nderstandin( t"e mentalit and moral

di$$erences in ot"ers' It is "o+e!er nearl %o+erless in t"e $ield o$ reli(ion beca#se reli(ion is

based on one0s belie$s b#t also on do(ma' T"e most t"at can be "o%ed is t"at reli(io#s ideas are

met +it" res%ect and tolerance' Reli(ion is !er im%ortant beca#se it in$l#ences t"e +a %eo%le

(o abo#t all as%ects o$ t"eir li$e' In a m#ltinational cre+& c"ances are t"at man o$ t"e cre+

members are o$ a di$$erent reli(ion and sometimes +or-in( and li!in( conditions +ill be ada%ted

$or t"is'

T"e le!el o$ trainin( recei!ed b cre+ members ma also be di$$erent e!en i$ e!er

%erson is trained to at least a minim#m re1#ired b international con!entions' Man co#ntries

c"oose to train $#t#re sea$arers in s-ills t"at ot"er consider to be obsolete o$ #seless in t"e era o$

electronic na!i(ation' T"is is not in itsel$ a %roblem& b#t ma ca#se sit#ations in +"ic" t"e same

tas- can and +ill be addressed di$$erentl' In order to eliminate t"is& com%anies "a!e t"eir o+n

sets o$ %roced#res t"at need to res%ected& b#t +"ic" de%endin( on t"e com%an are more or less

strict'

Last& b#t not least& t"ere are t"e di$$erences in li!in( "abits' All as%ects abo#t t"e li$e o$

cre+ members not related to t"eir +or- are im%ortant& startin( $rom +"at di$$erent %eo%le eat and

drin- and $inis"in( +it" "o+ t"e s%end t"eir leis#re time'

I c"ose to 2#st list t"e main iss#es o$ c#lt#ral di$$erences onboard a !essel +it" a

m#ltinational cre+ beca#se a com%arison +o#ld 2#st be based on c#lt#ral stereot%es& +"ic" are

in t"eir o+n ri("t a c#lt#ral di$$erence' Di$$erent c#lt#res "a!e di$$erent stereot%es abo#t t"e

same (ro#% o$ indi!id#als'