@article{article_681197, title={The Concept of Key Person Risk in Enterprises}, journal={Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={27–33}, year={2020}, DOI={10.36362/gumus.681197}, author={Çevik, Veli Ahmet}, keywords={Key Person Risk, Key Employee, risk}, abstract={Until today, being a key employee in organizations was very well received. Even personal development books and marketing books were described how to become a key person. However, in the recent years, the problems that emerged after the key employees’ getting in to trouble or leaving their jobs have been financially difficult for the enterprises. In this context, the investigation of the risk of key persons has become important since there has been little research on this issue in the literature and many enterprises are exposed to the risk of key people. In this study, the smallest number of literature and companies’ recent crisis in the last days were researched and key risk factors were analyzed. This study has been investigated with case study method and it has been revealed that the extraordinary movements of the senior managers or other important employees of the enterprises or their separation from the enterprises affect the enterprises.}, number={Ek}, publisher={Gumushane University}