A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SUCCESSION LITERATURE AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA

Nur Hasanah

doi:10.22437/jbsmr.v8i1.39495

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Nur Hasanah Universitas Jambi

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https://doi.org/10.22437/jbsmr.v8i1.39495

Keywords:

Chief Executive Officer, CEO Succession, CEO Change, Leadership Succession, Leadership Transition

Abstract

Abstract

This paper has two objectives. Firstly, it aims to examine prior research on CEO succession in order to establish a comprehensive framework, building upon the contributions of Berns & Klarner (2017) to the present. Secondly, it proposes a future research agenda concerning the board’s role in CEO succession procedures. Articles in ten leading journals listed in EBSCO, ScienceDirect, and Scopus databases were selected. Conceptual and relational analyses were taken to achieve the objectives of this paper. At last, this paper produces a comprehensive framework of CEO succession research built on and extended from the prior research. A future research agenda concerning CEO succession is also proposed.

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