Leaders’ risk propensity and age as determinants of organizational growth in the not‐for‐profit‐sector

States that there is little research into leaders of not‐for‐profit organizations, particularly in the private, religious sector. Attempts to discover if there is a relationship between organizational growth and a leader’s age and risk propensity and whether organizations are more likely to grow when they have leaders that are relatively young risk takers. Uses a sample of Southern Baptist Churches in Arkansas, USA, to investigate the theory. Concludes that risk propensity has a bigger impact than age.