Does Burnout Working Conditions Affect Marine Pilots’ Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions? A Study of Turkish Marine Pilots

The occupation of marine pilotage is one of the rarely studied subjects of maritime sector. Based on the very scarce literature, the number of studies related with working conditions of marine pilots is very limited. Hence, the main significance of this research is being the first study that reveals the relationship between marine pilots’ working conditions and burnout and its impact on job satisfaction and turnover in Turkey. At start of this study it was predicted that working conditions such as; number of maneuver, time of arrival/departure from ship for maneuvering, lack of sleep, weather conditions, equipment conditions, sea conditions, period of maneuver time (day-night), competency of crew, communication skills of crew, irregular working hours, lighting of bridge, ventilation of bridge, temperature of bridge and noise would be significantly related to burnout of marine pilots which in turn effect their job satisfaction and turnover intentions. The study is empirically based on the primary data collected from 100 marine pilots’ in Turkey. Data obtained from questionnaires have been analyzed through the SPSS statistical packet program and PLS-Graph. The results suggest that marine pilots’ lack of job satisfaction and increasing turnover intentions are outcome of their stressful working conditions.