Trend in Influences on Career Choice in Quantity Surveying and Its Implications

This study examined trend in determinants of career choice in quantity surveying between 1960 till date.Views from 335 respondents collected via structured questionnaire were analysed using descriptive/inferential statistics. The study reveals in the 60s, personal interest drives choice of career in quantity surveying. The trend however diminishes significantly in the 20th century. As a result, there islittle progression from the undergraduate to post graduate studies in the profession. This is unhealthy for the future of the profession.The study provides an understanding ofthe critical threat to the sustainability of the profession and brings to bare exciting theoretical insights.