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conduct when the participants in one condition were different from the participants in theother condition.4.6.1 Practices And Approach Of Succession Planning By Industrial SectorThe practices and approach of succession planning between the services andmanufacturing were analyzed using the t-test to see whether any differences existbetween the two sectors in terms of their practices and approach to succession planning.Mean values of the two groups were compared. The results were presented in Table 4.11.Table 4.11: Practices & Approach Of Succession Planning By IndustryVariables Manufacturing Services Total Sig.*Organizational System 3.22 3.29 3.25 0.702Succession Characteristics 3.01 3.23 3.12 0.259Methods of Evaluation 3.05 3.14 3.09 0.631Note: * Level of significance using t-tests.As shown in Table 4.11, the average mean value for the 3 dimensions of successionplanning practices and approach was above 3.0. This indicated that the firms in themanufacturing and services sectors in Malaysia had an effective system in implementingits succession planning. The following hypothesis H1(a) was tested to see whether therewas any significant difference between the two industrial sectors.65