http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/index.asp 35 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Management (IJM) Volume 6, Issue 10, Oct 2015, pp. 35-47, Article ID: IJM_06_10_006 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=6&IType=10 ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 © IAEME Publication ___________________________________________________________________________ SEAFARERS FATIGUE MANAGEMENT – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON INDIAN SEAFARERS Col. Dr .G. Thiruvasagam Vice-Chancellor AMET University (AMET-Academy of Maritime Education & Training) Chennai, India Dr. J. Rengamani Associate Professor AMET Business School, AMET University Chennai, India ABSTRACT Human fatigue is a common phenomenon that exists in most of the industries an outcome of the influence exerted due to continuous and rigorous work executed without any break. However one could see that the fatigue factor is excessively prevalent only among the seafarers in the shipping industry, as the lifestyle of the seafarers is something different from other professions in as much as they have to spend most of their time in mid sea, by enduring their services for months together in the absence of all their due domestic pleasure to rejoice and to rejuvenate their mind. Researchers on this field have time and again established that it is a proven fact that fatigue is one of the reasons for lack of concentration while attending to their routine work and even led to occurrence of accidents of ships nowadays. Several factors could be attributed to fatigue of seafarers, which include psychological, physiological and environmental factors; are the main reasons for their intermittent distraction, resulting in their poor on board performance and ultimately lead to spoil the physical and mental aspects as well. The fatigue factors among Indian Seafarers have been addressed in proper perspectives so as to find out a needy solution to overcome the same, by identifying the actual root cause and to take suitable remedial measures to relief from such a kind of stress, thereby to make them, all time fit, to execute their responsibilities. Moreover, adequate counseling and appropriate training are to be imparted to seafarers to overcome the fatigue factors, an environment conducive to execute the work in a perfect mindset, free from all their mental agonies. The research study has been concluded with pragmatic conclusions supported with the research oriented discussions on the factors of fatigue of Indian seafarers