Aimilia Papachristou
Aimilia A. Papachristou is a Research Fellow at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport (STT) of the School of Business, University of the Aegean. Greece. A scholar of the Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Aimilia currently works on a PhD thesis examining cruise port governance.
Aimilia is currently working as Business Consultant on cruise-rail integration in Travel Bureau of the Passenger Services Department of TRAINOSE S.A. Since 2013 until 2018, Aimilia was senior project manager at MedCruise, the association of over 100 cruise ports from 20 countries in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas. She has contributed in re-profiling the Association. The period January - March 2018 she acted as interim Secretary General of the Association, while she concluded serving the Association at the end of May 2018, due to the relocation of the headquarters to Tenerife, Spain. Aimilia also worked as advisor to Secretary General of Ports and Port Policy, at the Ministry of Development Competitiveness and Shipping of the Hellenic Republic (2011-2012) and was a Lecturer at the Business Administration Department of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Ionian Islands, Greece. At TEI Aimilia was teaching courses in “Marketing Management”, “Human Resource Management”, ”Advertisement”, “Market Research” and “International Economic Relations” (2006-2009). She has been also involved in port and maritime related research projects. Aimilia was elected member of the Council of the Hellenic Association of Maritime Economist (2010-2015). She is a founding member of PortEconomics.eu, advancing since 2008 the web initiative advancing the dissemination of port research and studies and a scientific partner of the consulting company Ports & Shipping Advisory since its establishment in 2016.
Aimilia holds a BSc from the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2002), and a MSc in Shipping Trade & Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2004).
Supervisors: Athanasios A. Pallis
Aimilia is currently working as Business Consultant on cruise-rail integration in Travel Bureau of the Passenger Services Department of TRAINOSE S.A. Since 2013 until 2018, Aimilia was senior project manager at MedCruise, the association of over 100 cruise ports from 20 countries in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas. She has contributed in re-profiling the Association. The period January - March 2018 she acted as interim Secretary General of the Association, while she concluded serving the Association at the end of May 2018, due to the relocation of the headquarters to Tenerife, Spain. Aimilia also worked as advisor to Secretary General of Ports and Port Policy, at the Ministry of Development Competitiveness and Shipping of the Hellenic Republic (2011-2012) and was a Lecturer at the Business Administration Department of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Ionian Islands, Greece. At TEI Aimilia was teaching courses in “Marketing Management”, “Human Resource Management”, ”Advertisement”, “Market Research” and “International Economic Relations” (2006-2009). She has been also involved in port and maritime related research projects. Aimilia was elected member of the Council of the Hellenic Association of Maritime Economist (2010-2015). She is a founding member of PortEconomics.eu, advancing since 2008 the web initiative advancing the dissemination of port research and studies and a scientific partner of the consulting company Ports & Shipping Advisory since its establishment in 2016.
Aimilia holds a BSc from the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2002), and a MSc in Shipping Trade & Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2004).
Supervisors: Athanasios A. Pallis
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To understand the communication options available on board ships, a survey of shipboard personnel has been conducted. Nearly 500 seafarers responded to a specifically designed questionnaire that aimed at gathering information on various work related issues and on job satisfaction, with a particular focus on the role of communication services and their availability on board, the type of access to communication facilities and the cost of access for the seafarers.
The analyses of the results have shown that respondents perceive the separation from family and the inadequate communication with family and friends while at sea as the most important issues hindering retention in the seafaring profession. While seafarers appear to be satisfied with their choice of joining the profession, when they are asked for the reasons that would lead them to abandon it, they consider as most important the inadequate communication with family and friends. This provides clear evidence of the role played by communication in increasing the retention rate within the seafaring profession.
To understand the communication options available on board ships, a survey of shipboard personnel has been conducted. Nearly 500 seafarers responded to a specifically designed questionnaire that aimed at gathering information on various work related issues and on job satisfaction, with a particular focus on the role of communication services and their availability on board, the type of access to communication facilities and the cost of access for the seafarers.
The analyses of the results have shown that respondents perceive the separation from family and the inadequate communication with family and friends while at sea as the most important issues hindering retention in the seafaring profession. While seafarers appear to be satisfied with their choice of joining the profession, when they are asked for the reasons that would lead them to abandon it, they consider as most important the inadequate communication with family and friends. This provides clear evidence of the role played by communication in increasing the retention rate within the seafaring profession.