晉升至高階管理工作通常是成功的象徵。許多工程師離開原有技術工作，擔任管理職藉此獲得組織給予的價值與自尊。但什麼因素是影響科技人員作事業的選擇？又如何留住公司員工，並使其盡心為公司服務，為近年來科技人力資源管理重要的課題。
本研究目的在探討何種因素會引導台灣科技人員作事業選擇，藉問卷調查方式，了解下列各項：（1）分析科技人員未來事業選擇之影響因素，其因素包含個人特質以及個人對其工作特性之認知、工作環境之滿意度等，期望找出真正影響台灣科技人員事業選擇的因素。（2）探討成就動機與工作本身特質、工作環境因素間關係，期能了解工作本身特質、工作環境因素是否會影響成就動機。（3）探討工作成效、工作涉入度自我評估與科技人員事業選擇之關係，藉此了解工作涉入度與工作成效對科技人員事業選擇之影響結果如何。（4）了解台灣私人科技公司之人事制度，包含員工升遷路線與升遷制度等，配合前項之研究結果，提出組織設計、人事制度上可能改進方向。本研究共發出500份問卷，有效問卷282份。在方法上，本研究利用區別分析、MANOVA與名目尺度分析法，來瞭解科技人員之事業選擇型態與其個人背之景因素、工作特性認知、成就動機與工作涉入度之關聯性。研究結論如下：
1.科技人員多數選擇專業技術導向之事業型態(34%)，其次為獨立工作或創業型(28.1%)、管理型(26.6%)，最少的是穩定型(11.3%)。
2.年資愈高愈趨向選擇穩定型，年輕者則偏向選擇技術型；擔任主管者傾向選擇管理型，非主管則傾向選擇技術型。
3.涉技術程度愈高者傾向選擇技術型事業型態，涉技術程度愈低者愈傾向選擇管理型；涉入目前工作之程度愈高者，愈傾向選擇管理職，但與穩定型成負向關係。
4. 科技人員不同之成就動機顯著傾向不同之事業選擇型態，高成就動機者會傾向選擇管理職，低成就動機者則傾向技術型。
5.成就動機、工作涉技術程度似乎是影響事業選擇的主要因素，而工作特性認知與組織環境因素對科技人員事業選擇未達顯著影響。

Most high-tech firms have structured their organizational hierarchy centered on young engineers to turn the unseen knowledge into visible merits.Multivariate analysis of covariance ,discriminate analysis and correspondence analysis are the two primary statistical methods to be used for locating the interaction between career choice and job motivating factors.

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