Nonprofit Executive Succession Planning and Organizational Sustainability: A Preliminary Comparative Study in Australia, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Russia, and the United States

The aim of this article is to compare the extent to which nonprofits have planned for director succession in six different countries. The article compares the data the survey findings of six recently published articles that used the same questionnaire Australia, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Russia, and the United States. The article on succession planning and executive selection issues (formal versus informal and insider-outsider selection) and provides demographic comparisons the respondents. Implications for managing sustainable organizations the need to be attentive to strategic priorities so as to anticipate and deal the expected and unexpected departures of incumbents. Limitations such as samples are noted as are recommendations for future research.