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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between reward management and employee retention among professional engineers in the construction industry in Sulaymaniyah. Specifically, the study aims to assess the level of reward management practices and the level of employee retention among professional engineers working in selected construction companies. A simple random sampling technique was employed, and data were collected through a structured questionnaire. The responses were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation to determine the strength and significance of the relationship between the variables. The data will be obtained from 114 professional engineers across three major construction companies in Sulaymaniyah.
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