Performance expectations of salespeople: The role of past performance and causal attributions in independent and interdependent cultures

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-147

  DeCarlo, Thomas E ^a   Agarwal, Sanjeev ^b   Vyas, Shyam B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARC Group   (India)

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EID: 34248630821     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134270202     Document Type: Article

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