Salesperson-employer relationships: Salesperson responses to relationship problems and their antecedents

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-57

  Ping, Robert ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846500883     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134270103     Document Type: Article

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