Document Type : Exploratory

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1 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Public Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor. Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

Managers of organizations know that nurturing successors is essential for the organization's prosperity in next years. One of the the weak points in the succession is the process of preparing employees to take on new roles in the organization when they need those roles. In this regard, the research has been carried out with the aim of describing the dark side of Succession in executive organizations of the province.The current research method is developmental in terms of objectives, qualitative in terms of data, and in terms of the type of foundation data study. The required data was collected with the help of interviews with 21 experts. The research experts included academic experts with the scientific rank of associate professor and higher and organizational experts, senior managers of the executive organizations of the province with a master's degree and higher and management experience of 15 years and higher. In this research, the main source of data was Semi-structured interview. By open coding and then by axial coding, categories and subcategories were related to each other according to their dimensions and characteristics.After analyzing the data from the interview, first 216 primary codes and then 119 secondary codes were extracted and finally 24 concepts were obtained. The finding of the research was the description of weak succession in executive organizations based on the data theory of the foundation. And if a proper succession system is established, the long-term survival of the organization and the transfer of experiences to the next generations of managers will be guaranteed, and necessary preparation will be made to face the vacuum caused by the vacancy of sensitive positions.

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