Sales technology: Help or hindrance to ethical behaviors and productivity?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1198-1205

  Bush, Alan J ^a   Bush, Victoria D ^b   Orr, Linda M ^c   Rocco, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Information technology; Productivity; Sales force automation; Sales management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848859576     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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