Volume-II, Issue-II March 2016 44 International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS) A Peer-Reviewed Monthly Research Journal ISSN: 2394-7969 (Online), ISSN: 2394-7950 (Print) Volume-II, Issue-II, March 2016, Page No. 44-57 Published by: Scholar Publications, Karimganj, Assam, India, 788711 Website: http://www.irjims.com Leadership and Job Satisfaction among Foreign Seafarers in Maritime Industry: Human Leadership Mohd Rafful Sulaiman University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Prof. Dr. Leow Chee Seng Dean, IIC University of Technology, Cambodia Abstract In the business field of study, particularly in human resource management, the psychology aspects of employee has come to play an important role in measuring an organizational outputs and efficiency. More and more emphasis is being put on the mental well-being of employees in order to enhance productivity and to improve efficiency. This trend can be witnessed in today's real world of business where employer much concern and believe in psychological aspects of their employee. In relation to the field of business studies, the following topic of factors that influence job satisfaction among the employee came up for this thesis. Key Words: Job satisfaction, Leadership, Talent Development, Reward, Employee Engagement. Introduction: According to Arnold et al. (1998) the concept of job satisfaction has gained importance for two important reasons. Firstly, job satisfaction can be an indicator for someone's general mental well-being. If a person is unhappy at work, it does not seem likely that this person will be happy in general. Secondly, job satisfaction will improve happiness at work and consequently, will improves work motivation and job performance. Achieving a high level of employee performance is considered the common goal for many organizations. Employee‟s satisfaction could enhance to the success of an organization since employees who exhibit a higher level of satisfaction tend to put more effort in their jobs that may then lead to better job performance (Pushpakumari, 2008). Hence, for an organization to achieve a higher level of performance, a satisfying working context and environment is a must. Job satisfaction can be considered as the attitude and feeling employees have towards their job. The feelings and attitudes are divided into two categories which are the positive and negative attitudes (Armstrong, 2006). Pleasant feelings and positive attitudes tend to show that employees are satisfied while negative and unpleasant feelings exhibit dissatisfaction of employees. Briefly, job satisfaction refers to how employees feel about the job and to which extent the value of the job is consistent to the employees‟ needs. Definition of Job Satisfaction: In reviewing the literature it becomes apparent that job satisfaction can be defined in many ways. Job satisfaction has been an important focal point for organizational and industrial psychology. In defining job satisfaction the reference is often made to Locke's (1976)