An exploratory analysis of the impact of salesperson customer-orientation on sales force productivity

Journal of Customer Service in Marketing and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Pettijohn, Charles E ^a   Pettijohn, Linda S ^a   Parker, R Stephen ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141891834     PISSN: 10692533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J127v03n04_02     Document Type: Article

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