This paper aims to find out the R&D personnel management strategies which enhance the productivity of researchers. The R&D personnel management practices are examined focusing on career development and compensation scheme. As proxies for higher motivation and/or productivity, job satisfaction and propensity to leave of researchers are analyzed to evaluate the management practices. Using the survey data from researchers in the Korean automobile industry. this paper suggests the management strategies to raise job satisfaction and thus lower propensity to leave of R&D personnel.