Women in the business-to-business salesforce: Some differences in performance factors

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-457

  Dion, Paul A ^a   Easterling, Debbie ^b   Javalgi, Raj ^c  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031232102     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-8501(96)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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