What motivates people to leave their jobs, stay at their jobs, and choose new jobs?

To find out, researchers at Korn Ferry surveyed 10,000 professionals from around the world at all stages of their careers.

Workers say the top reasons they leave jobs are low compensation, a lack of career advancement opportunities, and a lack of job security.

Workers say they're most motivated to stay at a job by generous compensation, flexible working hours, and high job security.

Workers say they're most motivated to choose a new job by flexible working hours, generous compensation, and high job security.

The researchers found flexible working hours is an increasingly important driver for people choosing jobs, especially among individual-contributor employees.

About the research: The report was based on data from a survey of 10,000 professionals from across the world at all stages of their careers.