This study explores the factors that affect overall job satisfaction and intentions to stay among\r\n432 employees in public research and development (R&D) center in Saudi Arabia. Five\r\norganizational characteristics variables: pay, promotion, supervision, coworkers, and nature of\r\nwork, were considered as antecedents to overall job satisfaction and intentions to stay. Results\r\nshow that pay has direct effect on overall job satisfaction and indirect effect on intentions to\r\nstay through overall job satisfaction; promotion has direct effect on overall job satisfaction; and\r\nsupervision, co-workers, and nature of work have direct effects on both overall job satisfaction\r\nand intentions to stay among R&D center employees. Implications for R&D center management\r\nand future research are discussed
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