Modelling succession planning in health-oriented sports in Iran

Abstract

Background: organizational succession planning as a voluntary process to ensure continued leadership in key positions, maintain and develop spiritual capital and knowledge for the future, and encourage individuals to develop, stems from the overall human resource planning strategy. The concept of succession planning has entered the realm of organization and management for many years; In Iran, this concept is developed gradually and in line with the promotion of strategic planning models and the entry of strategic consultants into organizations, the emergence of succession planning and organizational mission, and the limited skilled workforces as well as the specialized nature of jobs. Therefore purpose of this study was to modelling succession in health-oriented sports in Iran through the grounded theory. Methods: This was qualitative research with the systematic grounded theory approach. The interviewees were selected by the purposive sampling method, while theoretical sampling was performed to identify the number of interviewees and the research path. Data were obtained through several interviews with health-oriented sports informants. After conducting 12 in-depth unstructured interviews, theoretical saturation was achieved. An open, axial, and selective coding overlap process was used to analyse the data.