Salesforce behavior: In search of motivational determinants

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 421-437

  Simintiras, Antonis C ^a   Cadogan, John W ^b   Lancaster, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030239591     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0019-8501(96)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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