Learning and performance orientation of salespeople: The role of supervisors

Journal of Marketing Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Kohli, Ajay K ^a   Shervani, Tasadduq A ^a   Challagalla, Goutam N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032399432     PISSN: 00222437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3151853     Document Type: Article

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