The Effects of CEO Succession and Tenure on Failure of Rural Community Hospitals

1 March 1996

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Vol. 32 (1) , 70-88
https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886396321005

Abstract

Little research has examined the independent and interactive effects of CEO succession and tenure on organizational failure. In this study, the authors found independent effects of CEO succession and tenure on organizational failure in a group of small rural hospitals. Consistent with the authors' predictions, CEO succession increased risk of organizational failure, whereas tenure affected failure in a U-shaped fashion. Risk of failure first declined with CEO tenure but increased steadily after the sixth year of tenure. No interaction was found between CEO tenure and succession.

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