Sales managers: Marketing's best example of the Peter principle?

Business Horizons

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Anderson, Rolph E ^a   Dubinsky, Alan J ^b   Mehta, Rajiv ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032622993     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(99)80045-7     Document Type: Article

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