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The effects of career development programs on R&D personnel in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Chen TserYieth,
Chang PaoLong,
Yeh ChingWen
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/1038411106069415
Subject(s) - productivity , job satisfaction , career development , professional development , psychology , quality (philosophy) , business , applied psychology , social psychology , economic growth , economics , pedagogy , philosophy , epistemology
This study examines the effects of career development programs on R&D personnel, and the results show that a higher level of satisfaction with such programs produces correspondingly higher levels of quality of working life, job satisfaction, professional development and productivity. We argue that professional development is a mediator of both job satisfaction and productivity, and that as R&D personnel achieve higher levels of job satisfaction, their motivation towards engaging in such professional development becomes greater, leading to a substantial increase in their productivity levels. We also find that development programs which are more career‐challenge oriented have a greater impact on the quality of working life, job satisfaction, professional development and productivity.