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Abstract
Construct and Reliability of Measure of “Succession Management Extensiveness” Based on Categorization of Best Practices
Vahid Nasehifar1, Ali Dehghanpour Farashah2, Ahmadreza Sanjari3
1- Assistant Professor, Department of Management & Accounting, Allame Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran
2- Ph.D Candidate, Department of Management & Accounting, Allame Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran
3- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Management & Accounting, Allame Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran
Received: 4 /10/2010 Accept: 6/3/2011
Succession planning as a subsystem of HRM affects individual and organizational learning, personnel satisfaction, turnover and financial performance. In this paper, we pursue developing a measure to identify the degree of maturity and extensiveness of succession planning in large organizations. Regarding the literature, the scale was developed in three dimensions with 22 items. The dimensions include change & process management of succession planning, selection of successor and development of successor. By data gathering from 23 governmental large organizations, the reliability and validity of the scale were tested and accepted. The scale measures the level of maturity of organization in 5 levels. It can be used as a tool for comprehending as-is situation and gap analysis, and also as a tool for planning OD programs by researchers and practitioners.
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