The role of time wasted in sales force attitudes and intention to quit

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-36

  Jaramillo, Fernando ^a   Mulki, Jay Prakash ^b   Locander, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Employee turnover; Financial institutions; Sales force; Stress; Work psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644531578     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652320610642326     Document Type: Article

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