Matching-based Career Management And R & D Personnel Turnover Intention Relationship Study

To develope an independent innovative capacity is now an important issue to our nation. More and more multinational companies have established their R&D centers in China. Both will increase the need of R&D personnel. On the other hand, the voulantry turnover of R&D personnel will threaten the core competence of the organization. The career management of R&D personnel becomes a great challenge.Based on Person-Oragnization Fit model and foucsed on the issue of career management, this study explores the relationship between OCMPs Gap, Career Path Gap, and Career Satisfaction, Quit Intention. OCMPs Gap means the gap between the need of R&D personnel and their perceptions of organiztioanl support in Organiztion Career Management Practices (OCMPs). And Career Path Gap means the gap between the preference of R&D personnel and their recognition of the development opportunities in 5 difference career pathes. Furthermore, this study examines the moderating effect of Employment Opportuinities Index (EOI) and career anchor in the relationship between career satisfaction and quit intent. And it also trys to illustrate the influence of organiztional contextual, demographic variables, and career anchor on OCMPs need and perceived support, career path preference and opportunities.By reviewing previouse related studies, this study proposes a basic theoretical model and hypothesis concerned. Then interview is carried out to test the initial model. At the third stage, 212 R&D personnel from 10 companies were surveyed through questionnaires. This study correlation anlysis, regression anlysis and variances anlysis with SPSS 11.5 software to test the model. The conclution indicates that:1. Career path preference, recognition of development opportunities, OCMPs needs, perceptions of OCMPs support, are influented by career anchors, demographic and organiztional contextual variables.2. OCMPs Gap has negative influence on Career Saticefatction and positive effects on Quit Intention. Career satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between OCMPs Gap and Quit Intent.3. Career Path Gap has negative influence on Career Saticefatction and positive effects on Quit Intention. Career satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between Career Path Gap and Quit Intent.4. Career anchor and EOI actors as a moderator in the relationship between career satisfaction and quit intention.Finally, these conlutions are discussed, and suggestion to management practices is proposed, as well as the shortage of this study and directions for further studies.