Succession Planning

Succession planning is a strategic human resource management process that identifies and develops internal employees to assume critical organizational positions and ensure operational continuity during leadership transitions.

946

Publications

59.2K

Citations

1.9K

Authors

918

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

216

Variants

Succession Management

Parents

Human Resource Management

Children

Board-level Succession OversightCareer PathingCritical Role AnalysisExecutive SuccessionHigh-potential Employee IdentificationLeadership Pipeline DevelopmentReadiness AssessmentRetention Of SuccessorsSuccession Risk ManagementTalent Identification

Publications

946

What Are the Effects of Induction and Mentoring on Beginning Teacher Turnover?

Thomas M. Smith, Richard M. Ingersoll · American Educational Research Journal · 2004 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Teacher Education, Teaching +17

The Determinants of Board Composition

Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1988 · 1.5K citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance +15

Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance

Morten Bennedsen, Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Fernando Pérez‐González et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2007 · 978 citations

Business, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +17

Toward an Integrative Model of Effective FOB Succession

Isabelle Le Breton‐Miller, Danny Miller, Lloyd Steier · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2004 · 934 citations

Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management +17

Managerial succession and firm performance

Mark R. Huson, Paul Malatesta, Robert Parrino · Journal of Financial Economics · 2004 · 806 citations

Management, Business Administration, Organizational Behavior +11

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Authors

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Joseph C. Santora
Monash University, Australia
9 publications · 288 citations
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Donald L. Helmich
University of San Diego, United States
9 publications · 371 citations
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Dan R. Dalton
Indiana University, United States
7 publications · 896 citations
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James J. Chrisman
Mississippi State University, United States
6 publications · 2.1K citations
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Idalene F. Kesner
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
6 publications · 783 citations
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Venues

Family Business Review
FBR · 48 publications · 9K citations
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Strategic Management Journal
SMJ · 16 publications · 2.5K citations
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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
15 publications · 3K citations
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Journal of Family Business Management
JFBM · 19 publications · 601 citations
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JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration
JNA · 23 publications · 715 citations
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See also Succession Planning
Core Methods	Knowledge Transfer Replacement Planning Job Rotation Critical Position Identification Candidate Assessment Needs Assessment Competency-based Training Mentoring In Coaching Executive Coaching Job Shadowing Performance Appraisal Talent Forecasting Simulation-based Workforce Forecasting
Evaluation	Readiness Assessment Retention Of High-potential Employees Diversity Metrics Gap Analysis Team Satisfaction
Applications	Higher Education Knowledge Transfer Family Business Small Business Institutional Memory
Challenges	Talent Shortages Algorithmic Bias Data Quality Employee Privacy Digital Literacy
Variants	Replacement Planning Leadership Development For Succession Management Succession Planning Career Planning