An intergenerational perspective on routine role succession in organizations
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description: In this dissertation I apply an intergenerational perspective to examine succession at all levels of organizations. This perspective suggests that for every organizational role, there are three critical actors: the incumbent, the predecessor, and the successor. Each of these individuals represents a generation in that they will occupy the same role at different intervals for a finite period of time, eventually being replaced by the next generation. The predecessor may be viewed as the past generation, the incumbent as the current generation, and the successor as the future generation. These generations are linked not only through their shared association with the particular role, but also through the knowledge, skills, and resources that they can potentially transfer to the next generation. I draw from literatures in imprinting, engagement, and temporal focus to better understand the process of routine role succession. While separately these theories provide different views related to role succession, taken together they draw attention to components of role succession that have not received attention to date.
abstract: In this dissertation I apply an intergenerational perspective to examine succession at all levels of organizations. This perspective suggests that for every organizational role, there are three critical actors: the incumbent, the predecessor, and the successor. Each of these individuals represents a generation in that they will occupy the same role at different intervals for a finite period of time, eventually being replaced by the next generation. The predecessor may be viewed as the past generation, the incumbent as the current generation, and the successor as the future generation. These generations are linked not only through their shared association with the particular role, but also through the knowledge, skills, and resources that they can potentially transfer to the next generation. I draw from literatures in imprinting, engagement, and temporal focus to better understand the process of routine role succession. While separately these theories provide different views related to role succession, taken together they draw attention to components of role succession that have not received attention to date.
author: Franz, Gentz
language: en
keywords: Role Succession, Generations, Imprint, Knowledge Transfer
date published: 2014-09-16T17:25:46Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:41Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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