Job Satisfaction among Seafarers Basis for A Maritime Career Development Plan

This study aims to determine the job satisfaction of the seafarers in terms of reward, job stress, job characteristic, dispositional effect and job performance. The study was also conducted to test the significant difference of the Seafarers when grouped according to profile and to propose a Maritime Career Development Plan that could further contribute to the betterment of this industry. The study used descriptive type of research method and was utilized to 161 Filipino seafarers. Result exposed that the Filipino seafarers are satisfied in the overall job satisfaction indicators. It also shows that only the job performance has significant difference on the profile of the respondents when grouped according to age. Therefore, the researchers recommend a career development plan to further improve the job satisfaction of the Filipino seafarers.

Keywords – job satisfaction, maritime career, seafarers