Türk bankacılık sektöründe üst düzey yönetici değişikliklerinin özellikleri

Administrative succession, executive succession, managerial succession, ?passing the baton?,and ?CEO transition? are expressions which signify a change at the top of a firm. Thesuccession research continues its ?puzzling? characteristics through 45 years. Severalsuccession studies do not come to a conclusion about the research question. It is partly due tofragmented characteristics of the theory in several disciplines. On the other hand, differentperspectives also serve to deepen the theory as well.This study is an attempt to find out the influence of organizational attributes on executivesuccession in Turkish Banking Sector between 1995 and 2004. The banking sector, in Turkey,experienced a rapid growth in the 1990s. During this period, the number of banks has rapidlyincreased and several CEO successions have occurred. In this empirical study, I intend tounveil the interactions between succession and various organizational factors such as size,performance, ownership, and age.Keywords :Turkey, Succession, CEO.