Browse by Current Cardiff authors

Sampson, Helen, Turgo, Nelson, Acejo, Iris, Ellis, Neil and Tang, Lijun 2019. 'Between a rock and a hard place': the implications of lost autonomy and trust for professionals at sea. Work, Employment and Society 10.1177/0950017018821284

Sampson, Helen and Ellis, Neil 2019. Fatalities and injuries among seafarers in the period 2000-2016. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/SIRC_Free_Online_Reports....

Sampson, Helen and Johannessen, I A 2019. Turning on the tap: the benefits of using 'real-life' vignettes in qualitative research interviews. Qualitative Research 10.1177/1468794118816618

Sampson, Helen 2018. Howard Penny McCall. Environment, labour and capitalism at sea: ‘working the ground’ in Scotland. xiv, 227 pp., tables, illus., bibliogr. Manchester: Univ. Press, 2017. £75.00 (cloth) [Book Review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 24 (4) 10.1111/1467-9655.12922 Item availability restricted.

Acejo, Iris, Sampson, Helen, Turgo, Nelson, Ellis, Neil and Tang, Lijun 2018. The causes of maritime accidents in the period 2002-2016. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).

Sampson, Helen, Ellis, Neil, Acejo, Iris, Turgo, Nelson and Tang, Lijun 2018. The working and living conditions of seafarers on cargo ships in the period 2011-2016. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC).

Sampson, Helen 2018. Connectivity: A reason for seafarers to disconnect. KNect 365 Maritime 2018 (Jan 29)

Sampson, Helen 2018. Mandatory shipboard equipment: help or hindrance. Seaways 2018 (Jan) , p. 6.

Tang, L and Sampson, Helen 2018. Improving training outcomes: the significance of motivation when learning about new shipboard technology. Journal of Vocational Education and Training 70 (3) , pp. 384-398. 10.1080/13636820.2017.1392997

Sampson, Helen 2018. Patterns in horse-human relationships: the case of Wales. Society and Animals 26 , pp. 1-24. 10.1163/15685306-12341506

Sampson, Helen 2018. Shaping the future of work. Frontiers of Global Sociology: Research Perspectives for the 21st Century, ISA Research,

Sampson, Helen 2017. "Fluid fields" and the dynamics of risk in social research. Qualitative Research 10.1177/1468794117746085

Sampson, Helen and Turgo, Nelson 2017. Finding the way in to a global industry! the usefulness of elite events to social science researchers. Journal of Organizational Ethnography Item availability restricted.

Sampson, Helen, Ellis, Neil, Acejo, Iris and Turgo, Nelson 2017. Changes in seafarers' health 2011-2016: A summary report. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Sefarers International Research Centre. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/Chan...

Sampson, Helen 2017. Vanishing trust at sea? Seaways Nov , pp. 14-15.

Sampson, Helen 2016. "Seabirds matter more than us!": understanding the complex exercise of CSR in the global shipping industry. Journal of Sustainable Mobility 3 (2) , pp. 101-119. 10.9774/GLEAF.2350.2016.de.00007

Sampson, Helen and Acejo, Iris 2016. "Keeping your seat warm": the role of seafarers’ wives in the maintenance of social status and societal place. In: Xu, Qingwen and Jordan, Lucy eds. Migrant Workers: Social Identity, Occupational Challenges and Health Practices, New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 137-154.

Sampson, Helen and Acejo, Iris 2016. 'Keeping your seat warm': The role of seafarers' wives in the maintenance of social status and societal place. In: Xu, Qingwen and Jordan, Lucy P. eds. Migrant Workers, Nova Science, pp. 137-153.

Sampson, Helen and Tang, Lijun 2016. Strange things happen at sea: training and new technology in a multi-billion global industry. Journal of Education and Work 29 (8) , pp. 980-994. 10.1080/13639080.2015.1102213

Sampson, Helen 2016. Seascapes: shaped by the sea, Mike Brown and Barbara Humberstone (eds.) [Book Review]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Sampson, Helen, Acejo, Iris, Ellis, Neil, Tang, Lijun and Turgo, Nelson 2016. The relationships between seafarers and shore-side personnel: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.

Sampson, Helen, Acejo, Iris, Ellis, Neil, Tang, Lijun and Turgo, Nelson 2016. The use of mandatory equipment on board cargo ships: an outline report based on research undertaken in the period 2012-2016. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre.

James, Philip, Walters, David, Sampson, Helen and Wadsworth, Emma Jane Kirsty 2016. Supply chain leverage and regulating health and safety management in shipping. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations (RI/IR)

Sampson, Helen, Bloor, Michael John, Baker, Susan Catherine and Dahlgren, Katrin 2016. Greener shipping? A consideration of the issues associated with the introduction of emission control areas. Maritime Policy & Management 43 (3) , pp. 295-308. 10.1080/03088839.2015.1040862

James, Philip, Walters, David, Sampson, Helen and Wadsworth, Emma Jane Kirsty 2015. Protecting workers through supply chains: Lessons from two construction case studies. Economic and Industrial Democracy , pp. 1-21. 10.1177/0143831X14532296

James, Phil, Walters, David, Sampson, Helen and Wadsworth, Emma J. 2015. Regulating the employment dynamics of domestic supply chains. Journal of Industrial Relations 57 (4) , pp. 526-543.

Bloor, Michael John, Baker, Susan Catherine, Sampson, Helen and Dahlgren, Katrin 2015. Enforcement issues in the governance of ships' carbon emissions. Laws 4 (3) , pp. 335-351. 10.3390/laws4030335

Sampson, Helen 2015. Maritime futures: jobs & training for UK ratings. [Project Report]. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Available at: http://www.rmt.org.uk/news/publications/maritime-f...

Sampson, Helen and Ellis, Neil 2015. Elusive corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global shipping. Journal of Global Responsibility 6 (1) , pp. 80-98. 10.1108/JGR-08-2014-0028

Bloor, Michael John, Sampson, Helen and Gekara, Victor 2014. Global governance of training standards in an outsourced labor force: The training double bind in seafarer license and certification assessments. Regulation & Governance 8 (4) , pp. 455-471. 10.1111/rego.12042

Sampson, Helen, Walters, David, James, Philip and Wadsworth, Emma Jane Kirsty 2014. Making headway? Regulatory compliance in the shipping industry. Social and Legal Studies 23 (3) , pp. 383-402. 10.1177/0964663914529684

Bloor, Michael John, Sampson, Helen, Baker, Susan Catherine and Dahlgren, Katrin 2014. The instrumental use of technical doubts: technological controversies, investment decisions and air pollution controls in the global shipping industry. Science and Public Policy 41 (2) , pp. 234-244. 10.1093/scipol/sct050

Sampson, Helen 2014. International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century. New Ethnographies, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Sampson, Helen 2014. The globalization of a labour market: the case of seafarers. In: Thrift, Nigel, Tickell, Adam, Woolgar, Steve and Rupp, William H. eds. Globalization in Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 92-96.

Sampson, Helen, Ellis, Neil and Bailey, Nicholas J. 2013. 'Walking the talk': How companies succeed in managing risk at sea. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2013, Cardiff, UK, 3-4 July 2013. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2013). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), pp. 25-37.

Bloor, Michael John, Sampson, Helen, Baker, Susan Catherine, Walters, David, Dahlgren, Katrin, Wadsworth, Emma Jane Kirsty and James, Philip 2013. Room for manoeuvre? Regulatory compliance in the global shipping industry. Social and Legal Studies 22 (2) , pp. 171-189. 10.1177/0964663912467814

Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2013. Corporate social responsibility and the quality of seafarers accommodation and recreational facilities. Presented at: IMISS2013 - International Scientific Meeting for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shipping, Kotka, Finland, 11-12 June 2013. Published in: Kunnaala, V. and Viertola, J. eds. IMISS2013 - Proceedings of the International Scientific Meeting for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shipping: 2nd International Maritime Incident and Near Miss Reporting Conference. Turku: Turun yliopisto / University of Turku, pp. 91-109.

Sampson, Helen and Thomas, Michelle 2013. Lone researchers at sea: gender, risk and responsibility. In: Smart, Barry, Peggs, Kay and Burridge, Joseph eds. Observation Methods, Vol. 2. SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods, London: SAGE, pp. 165-189.

Bloor, Michael John, Baker, Susan Catherine and Sampson, Helen 2013. Issues in the enforcement of future international regulations on ships’ carbon emissions. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/Regu...

Sampson, Helen 2013. International seafarers and transnationalism in the twenty-first century. New Ethnographies, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Bloor, Michael John, Sampson, Helen, Baker, Susan Catherine and Dahlgren, Katrin 2013. Useful but no oracle: reflections on the use of a Delphi Group in a multi-methods policy research study. Qualitative Research 10.1177/1468794113504103

Gekara, Victor Oyara, Acejo, Iris and Sampson, Helen 2013. Re-imagining global union representation under globalisation: a case of seafaring labour and the Nautilus International cross-border merger. Global Labour Journal 4 (3) , pp. 167-185.

Sampson, Helen 2013. Globalisation, labour market transformation and migrant marginalisation: the example of transmigrant seafarers in Germany. Journal of International Migration and Integration 14 (4) , pp. 751-765. 10.1007/s12134-012-0266-0

Sampson, Helen 2013. Enduring the waves: Life of a modern-day seafarer. Global Dialogue 3 (5) , Short article.

Tang, Lijun and Sampson, Helen 2012. The interaction between mass media and the internet in non-democratic states: the case of China. Media, Culture & Society 34 (4) , pp. 457-471. 10.1177/0163443711436358

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2012. Exploring differences in perceptions of risk, and its management, amongst personnel directly associated with the operation of ships. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/Publ...

Bloor, Michael John, Baker, Susan Catherine and Sampson, Helen 2012. Effectiveness of international regulation of pollution controls: the case of the governance of ship emissions - Interim Report. [Project Report]. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/Ship...

Sampson, Helen and Bloor, Michael John 2012. The effectiveness of global regulation in the shipping industry: a critical case study. Revista Latino-Americana de Estudos do Trabalho (RELET) 17 (28) , pp. 45-72.

Sampson, Helen, Ellis, Neil, Acejo, Iris, Tang, Lijun, Turgo, Nelson and Zhiwei, Zhao 2012. Seafarer accommodation on contemporary cargo ships. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Walters, David, Wadsworth, Emma Jane Kirsty, Sampson, Helen and James, Phil 2012. The limits of influence: the role of supply chains in influencing health and safety management in two sectors. [Project Report]. Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. Available at: http://www.iosh.co.uk/~/media/Documents/Books%20an...

Sampson, Helen and Tang, Lijun 2011. New shipboard technology and training provision for seafarers. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Sampson, Helen, Gekara, Victor and Bloor, Michael John 2011. Water-tight or sinking? A consideration of the standards of the contemporary assessment practices underpinning seafarer licence examinations and their implications for employers. Maritime Policy & Management 38 (1) , pp. 81-92. 10.1080/03088839.2010.533713

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2011. Living and working conditions aboard large yachts. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2011, Cardiff, UK, 6-7 July 2011. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2011). Cardiff, UK: Cardiff University, pp. 21-32.

Sampson, Helen 2011. Spilling oil, spilling blood: cost and corporate decision-making concerning safe working practices. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety 9 (1) , pp. 17-32.

Tang, Lijun and Sampson, Helen 2011. Training and technology: findings from the questionnaire study. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2011, Cardiff, UK, 6-7 July 2011. Published in: Sampson, Helen Anne ed. Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) symposium proceedings 2011. Cardiff: Cardiff University, pp. 1-20.

Gekara, Victor Oyaro, Bloor, Michael John and Sampson, Helen 2011. Computer-based assessment in safety-critical industries: the case of shipping. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 63 (1) , pp. 87-100. 10.1080/13636820.2010.536850

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2010. Safety and perceptions of risk: a comparison between respondent perceptions and recorded accident data. [Working Paper]. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/uploads/in%20house/Percep...

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2010. SIRC report to the PYA on living and working conditions aboard yachts. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/Livi...

Ellis, Neil, Bloor, Michael John and Sampson, Helen 2010. Patterns of seafarer injuries. Maritime Policy & Management 37 (2) , pp. 121-128. 10.1080/03088830903533742

Bloor, Michael John, Fincham, Ben and Sampson, Helen 2010. Unprepared for the worst: risks of harm for qualitative researchers. Methodological Innovations Online 5 (1) , pp. 45-55. 10.4256/mio.2010.0009

Bloor, Michael John and Sampson, Helen 2009. Regulatory enforcement of labour standards in an outsourcing globalized industry: the case of the shipping industry. Work Employment & Society 23 (4) , pp. 711-726. 10.1177/0950017009344915

Bloor, Michael John and Sampson, Helen 2009. Computer based assessment in association with the issue of Seafarer certificates of competency. Presented at: Workshop for European Member State Representatives on Training Capacities, Lisbon, Portugal, 5 Nov 2009.

Bailey, Nicholas J. 2009. Making sense of differences in perceptions of risk. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2009, Cardiff, UK, 8-9 July 2009. Published in: Sampson, Helen ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), pp. 9-24.

Bloor, Michael John and Sampson, Helen 2009. Training capacities of current labour supply countries utilised by EU flagged vessels. Presented at: Workshop for European Member State Representatives on Training Capacities, Lisbon, Portugal, 5 Nov 2009.

Sampson, Helen, Gekara, V. O. and Bloor, Michael John 2009. EMSA commissioned study of computer-based assessment in association with the issue of seafarer licences. Lisbon: EMSA.

Tang, Lijun 2009. Training and technology: potential issues for shipping. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2009), Cardiff, UK, 8-9 July 2009. Published in: Sampson, Helen ed. Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) symposium proceedings 2009. Cardiff: Cardiff University, pp. 91-106.

Sampson, Helen 2009. The modern day challenges to seafarers’ health. The Sea (197)

Sampson, Helen 2008. Flagging standards - Globalisation and environmental, safety, and labour regulations at sea - By Elisabeth R. DeSombre [Book Review]. British Journal of Industrial Relations 46 (4) , pp. 822-823. 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00702_5.x

Sampson, Helen, Bloor, Michael John and Fincham, Ben 2008. A price worth paying? Considering the 'cost' of reflexive research methods and the influence of feminist ways of 'doing'. Sociology 42 (5) , pp. 919-933. 10.1177/0038038508094570

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2008. Training and technology onboard ship: How seafarers learned to use the shipboard Automatic Identification System (AIS). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/uploads/publications/Trai...

Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2008. The global labour market for seafarers working aboard merchant cargo ships 2003. Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/uploads/publications/GLM%...

Sampson, Helen 2008. Speaking up for better on-board welfare. The Sea (191) , pp. 4-5.

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2007. Perceptions of risk in the maritime industry: personal injury. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/uploads/publications/Perc...

Bailey, Nicholas J. 2007. Maritime incidents: ways of seeing. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2007, Cardiff, UK, 4-5 July 2007. Published in: Sampson, Helen ed. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2007). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), pp. 112-137.

Sampson, Helen and Bloor, Michael John 2007. When Jack gets out of the box: The problems of regulating a global industry. Sociology 41 (3) , pp. 551-569. 10.1177/0038038507076623

Bloor, Michael, Fincham, Benjamin and Sampson, Helen 2007. Qualiti (NCRM) commissoned inquiry into the risk to well-being of researchers in qualitative research. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Bailey, Nicholas J., Ellis, Neil and Sampson, Helen 2006. Perceptions of risk in the maritime industry: ship casualty. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC). Available at: http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/uploads/publications/Perc...

Winchester, N., Sampson, Helen and Shelly, T. 2006. An analysis of crewing levels: findings from the SIRC global labour market study. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Sampson, Helen and Schroeder, Torsten 2006. In the wake of the wave: globalization, networks and the experiences of transmigrant seafarers in northern Germany. Global networks 6 (1) , pp. 61-80. 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2006.00133.x

Sampson, Helen 2006. Transnational drifters or hyperspace dwellers: an exploration of the lives of Filipino seafarers aboard and ashore. In: Beynon, Huw and Theo, Nichols eds. Patterns of Work in the Post Fordist Era: Fordism and Post-Fordism, Vol. 2. Elgar Reference Collection, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 612-636.

Bailey, Nicholas J. 2005. Training, technology and AIS: looking beyond the box. Presented at: SIRC Symposium 2005, Cardiff, UK, 6-7 July 2005. Published in: Sampson, Helen ed. 4th International Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2005). Cardiff: Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), pp. 108-128.

Sampson, Helen 2005. Left high and dry? The lives of women married to seafarers in Goa and Mumbai. Ethnography 6 (1) , pp. 61-85. 10.1177/1466138105055661

Wu, Bin and Sampson, Helen 2005. Reconsidering the cargo sector's seafarer labor market: a 21st century profile of global seafarers. Ocean Yearbook 19 (1) , pp. 357-380.

Ellis, Neil, Sampson, Helen, Aguado, J. C., Baylon, A., Del Rosario, L., Lim, Y. F. and Velga, J. 2005. What seafarers think of CBT. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Sampson, Helen 2004. Navigating the waves: the usefulness of a pilot in qualitative research. Qualitative Research 4 (3) , pp. 383-402. 10.1177/1468794104047236

Sampson, Helen 2004. Romantic rhetoric, revisionist reality: the effectiveness of regulation in maritime training. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 56 (2) , pp. 245-267. 10.1080/13636820400200256

Alderton, T., Bloor, Michael, Kahveci, E., Lane, T., Sampson, Helen, Thomas, Michelle, Winchester, N., Wu, B. and Zhao, M. 2004. The global seafarer: living and working conditions in a globalized industry. International Labour Organization.

Sampson, Helen and Wu, Bin 2003. Compressing Time and Constraining Space:  The Contradictory Effects of ICT and Containerization on International Shipping Labour. International Review of Social History 48 (s11) , pp. 123-152. 10.1017/S0020859003001299

Sampson, Helen and Zhao, Minghua 2003. Multilingual crews: communication and the operation of ships. World Englishes 22 (1) , pp. 31-43. 10.1111/1467-971X.00270

Sampson, Helen 2003. Women seafarers: global employment policies and practices. Geneva: ILO.

Sampson, Helen 2003. Transnational drifters or hyperspace dwellers: An exploration of the lives of Filipino seafarers aboard and ashore. Ethnic and Racial Studies , pp. 253-277. 10.1080/0141987032000054420

Thomas, Michelle, Sampson, Helen and Zhao, Minghua 2003. Finding a balance: companies, seafarers and family life. Maritime Policy Management 30 (1) , pp. 59-76. 10.1080/0308883032000051630

Sampson, Helen and Thomas, Michelle 2003. The social isolation of seafarers: causes, effects, and remedies. International Maritime Health 54 (1-4) , pp. 58-67.