Increasing the enthusiasm and the initiative of the scientific researchers is conducive to fully releasing their capacity of innovation and creativity, promoting the construction of an innovation-oriented country, and achieving the high-quality economic development. This paper analyzes the effects of the characteristics, the research work, the talent evaluation, and the income distribution on the job satisfaction of the scientific researchers based on the national survey data and the binary logistic models. It is shown that the factors such as the income distribution mechanism, the social status, the job autonomy, the training opportunities, and the ability and performance-oriented talent evaluation mechanisms all have significant effects on the job satisfaction of the scientific researchers. Based on the results of the model analysis, this paper proposes to promote the implementation of a distribution system that is oriented towards increasing the value of knowledge, to improve the evaluation standards that are oriented to the competence and the contribution, and to create a social atmosphere of respecting the scientific researchers.

scientific researchers  /  job satisfaction  /  survery of science and technology workers