Abstract:

Maritime is a profession where employees leave the profession at an early age due to the difficult conditions. Although there are many factors that affect this situation, seafarers' candidates do not plan their careers and the lack of commitment to the profession is shown by industry professionals as a reason. In this study, a previously developed scale was used to measure the career engagement of seafarers. The reliability and validity studies of the career dedication scale have been applied to the Maritime Transport Management Department students who will work as future captains in the maritime industry. 281 students reached via social networks and e-mail in Turkey. In the results of the analysis, a verification study was carried out with the Amos 21 structural equation model developed by Hirschi et al. According to the model fit indexes, it has been seen that the structural equation model fit values accepted in the scale literature. The scale has been adapted and brought into the Turkish literature due to the increasing importance of proactive career engagement behaviors.

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