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candidates. The use of wide range of techniques is apparent in large firms as they arewell-developed and well-resourced.The survey findings in Table 4.9 also explained that large firms focused mainly onperformance appraisal data, whereas the mid-sized firms used more interviews inevaluating their succession candidates. It was widely recognized that performanceappraisal data was only as reliable as the system that generated it. Nevertheless, firms inMalaysia should seriously consider other methods to identify and evaluate candidate forsuccession planning in order to have the right talents to match the firms’ key positions.The findings of this research were consistent with findings of prior research whereperformance appraisal data was viewed as an important source of information inidentifying candidates for succession planning (Mahler & Gaines, 1983; Rothwell, 1994).62