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Career choice of real estate students in Nigeria: The explaining influences in comparative perspective

Timothy Oluwafemi Ayodele (Estate Management Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)

Property Management

ISSN: 0263-7472

Article publication date: 23 August 2018

Issue publication date: 12 March 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the career preferences of real estate students and the predisposing factors influencing the choice of career. The study also analysed the gender and socioeconomic variations with respect to the career preferences and factors influencing the career choice of real estate students in an emergent market like Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach

Closed-ended questionnaires were administered on final year real estate students in the three Federal universities offering real estate in Southwestern Nigeria. Data were analysed using frequency counts, percentages, mean ranking, independent t-test, analysis of variance and correlation analysis.

Findings

The findings showed that the predominant individual factors influencing career choice of real estate students were personal career interest, the magnitude of initial salary, future financial prospects and job security. Furthermore, while intrinsic and economic/financial factors were the major themes influencing respondents’ career choice, the influence of a third party was less a likely determinant. Analysis of gender differences showed that there was a statistical difference between the male and female respondents with respect to the intrinsic and career exposure factors.

Research limitations/implications

The study has implications for real estate students, career advisers/academic counsellors, organisations employing the services of real estate graduates, and educational institutions and policy stakeholders in the real estate sector. The study also has implication for real estate professional bodies in Nigeria and other emergent markets.

Originality/value

This is perhaps the first attempt that examined the factors influencing the career choice of real estate students in an emergent market like Nigeria, especially from the perspectives of gender and socioeconomic variations.

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Citation

Ayodele, T.O. (2019), "Career choice of real estate students in Nigeria: The explaining influences in comparative perspective", Property Management, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 154-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-02-2018-0013

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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