Examining the antecedents and consequences of salesperson job stress

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 786-798

  Moncrief, William C ^a   Babakus, Emin ^b   Cravens, David W ^a   Johnston, Mark ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinationals; Sales management; Services marketing; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544437461     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569710190532     Document Type: Article

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