Explanatory factors of turnover among members of industrial relations professionnal organizations

Recent economic and social changes pose many challenges for human resources /industrial relations professionals. Given that this profession is not as w ell established as other, more traditional professions such as medicine, la w and engineering, its membership is quite heterogeneous. While some will s ucceed in meeting these challenges, others will find it relatively difficul t to adjust to this new context. The problem of turnover among members of h uman resources/industrial relations professional associations, which was tr aditionally associated with the heterogeneity of the profession, could well be made worse by a certain identity crisis currently being experienced by the profession. It is thus important to better understand why human resourc es/industrial relations professionals decide to maintain or abandon their m embership in a professional organization.