Succession systems in large corporations: Characteristics and correlates of performance
基于235家企业的调查数据，从七个维度刻画大型企业的继任体系特征，并检验其与公司声誉和财务绩效的关系，发现高绩效与低绩效企业的继任体系存在差异。
Abstract In this article succession systems in large corporations are characterized in terms of seven dimensions: formalization, control systems, resource allocation, information systems, political criteria, technical criteria, and staff role. Descriptive data drawn from a survey of key informants in 235 firms are presented. Hypothesized relationships between succession system characteristics and organization‐level performance measures (corporate reputation and financial performance), given the effects of contextual conditions, are tested. Results reveal that high and low performing firms differ with respect to how they manifest succession systems. Six implications for how succession systems should be managed are proposed.