Hawkins-Saleemi, Lisa (2023) Achieving organizational sustainability through gender-diverse strategies for builder leaders' succession planning. DBA thesis, Walden University, USA.
Abstract
Some builder sector executives need more succession plans to ensure qualified female leaders. Leaders ensure an organization's current and future sustainability by developing an effective succession plan to identify and develop skilled female talent for leadership positions. Grounded in human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies builder sector executives used to develop an effective gender-diverse succession plan for organizational sustainability. The participants were three builder sector executives located in the southeastern United States. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, organizational documents, and the builder sector association's website. The data were analyzed thematically, resulting in the emergent themes of process improvement in female employee development and leadership commitment to and support of gender diversity at all hierarchies of the organization. A key recommendation is that senior leadership should ensure female employees have access to training to develop skills and vital business relationships. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase inclusiveness among colleagues and other stakeholders in the construction industry and yield a more prudent approach to recruiting, retaining, and engaging employees so the organization can attract investment from businesses that value gender diversity.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Wentz, Meridith |
| Index terms: | documents, process improvement, United States, interview, builder, commitment, strategy, executive, construction industry, succession planning, business relationship, case study, human capital |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, professional development, economics, management, industry analysis, practitioner, strategic management, psychology, Geography |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Information Management, Business Strategy, Roles and Professions, Human Resources, Organizational Design, Geographical Context |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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