Investigating the Effect of Succession Planning on Organizational Sustainability Considering the Mediating Role of Employee Training (Case Study: Power Distribution Company in Tehran)

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M.A., Student in Management, Central Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/lss.2025.525032.1039
Abstract
Undoubtedly, one of the factors affecting organizational sustainability is succession planning. The main reason is that succession planning is active and aligned with the organization's overall strategy, so it requires a succession management strategy to support its sustainability. In this article, in line with the relationship between the issues of possible problems resulting from the lack of attention to succession planning and employee training, as well as the existence of a research gap regarding the relationship between succession planning, training, and organizational sustainability in the country and scientific literature, the main research question is what is the impact of succession planning on organizational sustainability about the mediating role of employee training in the Greater Tehran Electric Power Distribution Company. The structural equation modeling method has been used to answer this question. The statistical population of the present study is the employees of the Greater Tehran Electricity Distribution Company, which is equal to 5000 people, and based on the Cochran method, the statistical sample is 357 people. Training acts as an intervention to improve the quality of the organization's goods and services in tough competition by enhancing the technical skills of the employees, which confirms the necessity of conducting research in this regard, because without knowing this field, the employees' technical skills cannot be improved.

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  • Receive Date 07 November 2024
  • Revise Date 27 January 2025
  • Accept Date 25 February 2025