碩士 / 高雄醫學大學 / 性別研究所碩士班 / 93 / This study is based on two of the three largest cargo companies in Taiwan, Evergreen Marine Corp. and Wan Hai Lines Ltd., which hire female crews on board. The research explores on how female crews, which may be considered intruders, interact with other male colleagues and handle their own gender identities in an environment that is exclusively built up by and for the opposite sex.
Navigational schools started female enrollments since 1993 due to a change in educational policy . However, it was not until 1998, Taiwan had its first female officer actually working on board. Marine related graduates are willing to work on board for the following reasons:（1）Economic reasons: payrolls are 2-3 times greater than those working on land and therefore a more efficient way to accumulate wealth. （2）Personal interest: goal to live freely （3）Worldwide perspective: a chance not only to travel to different countries, but also to experience different cultures to fulfill curiosities （4）Applicable reason: their professional training are needed on the ship.
From an institutional and social relation perspectives, this study analyzes female officers'' various strategies in dealing with working and personal relationship with colleagues in a male-dominated and gender discriminated environment as well as the ways they face companies'' protective policies and their reactions. Senior crew members treat female officers as their daughters which make them to be in a inferior position. In order to gain their acceptance, female officers have to work hard to prove their abilities. Facing an unfair sea versus land job rotation, they have to used various reasons, such as to gain more experience or for economic reason to delay from being transferred to shore.
The most commonly used strategies by female officiers in dealing with
male-dominated working environment are as follows:（1）Bing friendly with colleagues（2）Communicating with skills （3）Being cooperative (4) Suppressing and controlling their negative emotions（5）Gainging recognition by professional knowledge.
The research methods used in the study are in-deep interview, focus group and participate observation. The informants include crew members, management groups and marine university teachers and students. The research suggests that marine related institutions should reorganize the importance of gender education. As for cargo companies and merchantman seafarer training centers, organizational arrangement should emphasis on the prevention of sexual harassment and gender-sensitive. The company has to create a gender friendly working environment and build up gender sensitive policies, so that it would be able to attract female officiers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/093KMC05739002 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Yueh-Chiao Wang, 王月喬 |
| Contributors | Ling-Fang Cheng, 成令方 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 146 |
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