Maritime leadership as an extrapolation of social altruism into the maritime sector: psychological amortization of relationships

Abstract

The maritime leadership regarding social altruism is discussed in the paper. The meaning and character of social altruism in the maritime leadership are investigated by considering the leadership as psychological amortization of ship crew relationships, and by analyzing the more important values of the maritime leadership, and limits of altruism. The methodological type of the research is theoretically descriptive. The methodology of the research is based on the STCW convention, the paradigm of the universal upbringing and existentialism. These three methodological principles orient researchers to take into account the nature of the personality regarding leadership and self -leadership development. Methods such as analysis, interpretation, extrapolation, differentiation, classification, systemization and synthesis were used in the research. The methodological limits of social altruism are based on the strategic conception of its extrapolation into the maritime sector without tactical dimension of this phenomenon. It is appropriate to apply the results of the theoretical research to the psychosocial processes of the seafarers’ preparation, by developing the more integrated conception of the maritime leadership, and vocationally valuable meaning for the personality of its internalization, and by methodologically basing the empirical researches of the maritime leadership.