Individual differences in emotional contagion of salespersons: Its effect on performance and burnout

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-636

  Verbeke, Willem ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031286303     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6793(199709)14:6<617::AID-MAR6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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