Work-life balance amongcruise ship crews. A quantitative research approach; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Table of content; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature review; 2.1 The Meaning of Work; 2.1.1 Maslow's hierarchy of Needs; 2.1.2 Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory; 2.2 The Meaning of Life; 2.3 Work-Life Balance; 3. The Study; 3.1. The modes of Acting; 3.1.1 Surface acting; 3.1.2 Deep acting; 3.2 Research Methodology; 3.2.1 Procedure and sample; 3.2.2 Questionnaire Design; 3.2.3 Data Analysis; 4. Findings; 4.1 Socio-demographic profile; 4.2 Topic specific measures

5. Hypotheses testing6. Work-life balance practices; 7. Discussion and Findings; 8. Limitations & further research; 9. Conclusion; 10. References; 11. Appendix; Questionnaire; Personal Interviews; Crew manifest; Codebook variables; SPSS: Syntax; Crosstabs