The relationship of facets of salesperson job satisfaction with affective organizational commitment

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 311-321

  Boles, James ^a   Madupalli, Ramana ^b   Rutherford, Brian ^c   Wood, John Andy ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; Sales force

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547523697     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620710773440     Document Type: Article

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