Succession in community organisations: Newcomers and the 'purple circle'

Paull, M.ORCID: 0000-0001-8613-2159 and Redmond, J. (2011) Succession in community organisations: Newcomers and the 'purple circle'. Third Sector Review, 17 (2). pp. 131-152.

Abstract

Those associated with community organisations often comment on the difficulty of finding new people to carry on the work of the organisation. This paper makes a number of propositions on the subject of succession in community organisations; they have emerged from research into ageing volunteers, barriers to newcomers and succession management. One of the ways that people hamper succession is the creation of the 'purple circle'. This group can, intentionally or unintentionally, dominate organisations, discourage newcomers and prevent the succession of new people into key roles. This paper explores some of the practices of community organisations and offers ideas from organisational behaviour and human resource management literature that might help organisations to respond more appropriately to matters of succession and the 'purple circle'.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	Murdoch Business School
Publisher:	Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Inc
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/33963

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