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Whereas the second factor (F2), classified as “Reactive” practices of succession planning,contained 6 items (eigenvalue = 1.19).The items on succession planning characteristics in this study were not similar to Tracy &McGraw (2004) except for the number of factors produced i.e. 2 factors. Items that wereloaded in factor one (FI) in this study were loaded in factor (F2) in previous studyconducted by Tracy & McGraw (2004). The plot of eigenvalue in Figure 4.1 was basedon the Latent Root Criterion, which clearly depicted the point where the eigenvalueleveled off at 1.0 and therefore denoted the point (vertical dotted line crossing thehorizontal axis) where the factor loading should be stopped. Catell (1966) hasrecommended retaining all factors above the elbow, or break in the plot, as these factorscontribute the most to the explanation of the variance in the data set.73