Succession planning for local health department top executives: Reducing risk to communities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-180

  Schmalzried, Hans ^a   Fallon Jr , L Fleming ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LHD top executive; Local boards of health; Succession planning; Successor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34247874548     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-006-9044-2     Document Type: Article

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