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Exploring Nonprofit Executive Turnover
Author(s) -
Stewart Amanda J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.21225
Subject(s) - turnover , baby boomers , executive director , turnover intention , nonprofit organization , executive order , executive summary , sample (material) , business , nonprofit sector , public relations , psychology , management , political science , demographic economics , economics , organizational commitment , public administration , chemistry , finance , chromatography
Projections of executive turnover loom over the three sectors with aging baby boomers filling many executive‐level positions, and research into causes, outcomes, and processes of turnover are timely inquiries. Yet, scholarly attention into nonprofit executive turnover has been limited to date and has not sufficiently examined actual turnover events. To help address this gap, forty nonprofit organizations that had recently experienced executive turnover were selected from a national random sample, and the current executives participated in an interview. This qualitative data was analyzed to identify factors and dynamics that define nonprofit executive turnover. These findings both confirm practical knowledge and offer new insights relevant to future research and practitioners alike.