An exploratory investigation of the relationship between ethical conflict and salesperson performance

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 435-446

  Schwepker Jr , Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ethics; Job evaluation; Performance; Salesforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242298105     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620310480313     Document Type: Review

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