This work aims to show whether working in a good organisational atmosphere (job satisfaction) in the academic sector influences the propensity to migrate. This theory was tested using two surveys administered to Italian researchers abroad (IRA) and Italian researchers in Italy (IRI). The main purposes were: first, to study the relation among job satisfaction, quality of life and the propensity to migrate between IRA and IRI; second, to quantify how job satisfaction influences the academic brain drain propensity and the quality of life. Our research reveals a dual state of Italian academic job satisfaction. Those researchers who live abroad report satisfaction for all the four dimensions of job satisfaction, which influences positively their quality of life and decreases their propensity to return to Italy. In contrast, researchers that remain in Italy adapt to the system and record negative perception of job satisfaction, low quality of life and show propensity to emigrate abroad. The Italian academic environment must improve its status with an emphasis on organisational and job satisfaction. This can be done through a direct intervention in organisational administration favouring streamlined procedures, functional research productivity, harmony of academic standards and a meritocratic reward process.

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调查工作满意度与学术人才流失之间的关系：意大利案例

这项工作旨在表明在学术部门良好的组织氛围（工作满意度）中工作是否会影响迁移倾向。该理论通过对意大利海外研究人员 (IRA) 和意大利研究人员 (IRI) 进行的两项调查进行了测试。主要目的是：第一，研究IRA和IRI之间的工作满意度、生活质量和迁移倾向之间的关系；其次，量化工作满意度如何影响学术人才流失倾向和生活质量。我们的研究揭示了意大利学术工作满意度的双重状态。居住在国外的研究人员对工作满意度的所有四个维度都表示满意，这对他们的生活质量产生了积极影响，并降低了他们返回意大利的倾向。相比之下，留在意大利的研究人员适应了该系统，并记录了对工作满意度、生活质量低下的负面看法，并表现出移居国外的倾向。意大利学术环境必须通过重视组织和工作满意度来提高其地位。这可以通过直接干预组织管理来实现，有利于简化程序、功能研究生产力、学术标准的协调和精英奖励过程。