A prompting procedure for increasing sales in a small pet store

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Milligan, Jacqueline ^a   Hantula, Donald A ^b  

^a Bancroft Inc   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prompting; Sales; Self management; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645822950     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v25n03_03     Document Type: Article

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