Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the causes of job hopping within the construction industry in South Africa. The study adopted a source technique with the administration of a well-structured questionnaire to active stakeholders and construction professionals as well as interviewing human resource managers in the Gauteng Province of the South African construction industry. Data for this study was obtained through primary and secondary sources. The primary data collected was achieved through administering a well-structured questionnaire to 100 respondent professionals in the construction industry, in which 75 respondent professionals completed and returned the questionnaires. Data for this study were analyzed by percentage distribution. The questionnaires were administered to active professionals in the construction industry in the Gauteng Province of the South Africa. The findings of the study revealed that the significant causes of job hopping within the construction industry in South Africa are money and recognition, personal growth and new challenges, lack of experience and bad treatment from managers, not working as a team, and circumstances surrounding the individual that requires him or her to job hop. The study therefore suggests that to drastically reduce the causes of job hopping within the construction industry in South Africa, stakeholders in the construction industry must come up with strategies used as retention strategies by companies from a neutral or fair extent and hence, its practicality and effectiveness to retain employees.