"Founder CEO Succession" by Center for Executive Succession
 

Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

Length of time that the firm was private prior to an IPO will decrease the likelihood that the CEO will voluntarily resign. • Those who were CEOs during the firm’s founding are less likely to voluntarily resign than those who became CEO later. • However, if the CEO had entrepreneurial experience prior to the current firm, the CEO is more likely to voluntarily resign.

Publication Date

2019

Source

Lee, J. M., Yoon, D., & Boivie, S., (2018). Founder CEO Succession: The role of CEO organizational identification. Academy of Management Journal, In Press.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2019, University of South Carolina

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