Pending leadership transitions in the nonprofit sector present a timely need to understand
the career path to the executive position, but very few studies on nonprofit career paths have …

Although much has been written about the need for effective nonprofit leadership and
management, less attention has been paid to the unique career paths taken by …

The nonprofit sector is confronting a potential leadership deficit and mounting pressures to
become more efficient and businesslike. To begin to assess how these tensions influence …

We conducted and analyzed interviews with 20 executives from the for‐profit sector who had
transitioned into second careers in the nonprofit sector. Our qualitative study provides an in …

Grand Valley State University The training and retention of effective leaders and leadership
is vital to the well-being of nonprofit organizations, and to the third sector in its entirety. As …

This article reports investigation into chief executives' career perceptions, experiences, and
aspirations in small and mediumsized organizations in England, using career history and …

During the past ten years, succession planning and managing executive transitions have
emerged as important issues in the nonprofit sector. Demographers and economists have …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the decision of
managers to work in the nonprofit sector and how these choices are shaped by intrinsic and …

This report compiles the results of the largest national survey of emerging non-profit leaders
conducted in the United States. Close to 6,000 people across the country were interviewed …

Projections of executive turnover loom over the three sectors with aging baby boomers filling
many executive‐level positions, and research into causes, outcomes, and processes of …