Why did I lose? A conservation of resources view of salesperson failure attributions

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-357

  Mallin, Michael L ^a   Mayo, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750398083     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134260402     Document Type: Article

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