An Investigation into the Professional Commitment of Chinese Project Management Professionals

This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey of Chinese PM Professionals’ professional commitment (PC). It confirms the three PC dimensions of PM Career Pursuit Commitment, PM Reference Group Commitment, and PM Leisure Time Commitment. It reveals that the PM professionals’ PC is positively correlated with their organizational positions, work experience, PM training, and their organizational commitment (OC). The PM professionals’ PC and OC are both quite high, and their PC is even higher than their OC. In those organization regarding important the PM approach, their employed PM professionals’ OC can be further enhanced.