Impact of job formalization and administrative controls on attitudes of industrial salespersons

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-368

  Agarwal, Sanjeev ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033164297     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-8501(98)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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