Among the professional factors that influence performance in the research-development-innovation (RDI) activities are: quality of occupation, organization and management in RDI activity, professional
development and organization resources. This article analyzes the influence of job quality in increasing the
performance in RDI activities. The analysis was structured on three categories of factors that depend on the
quality of employment, the quality of work and the professional development. The professional factors that
have a great influence on performance (the average above 3.50) and that are linked to the quality of work are:
salary level, flexibility of work schedule, work autonomy, job stability, individual work development program, and specialization stages
