A qualitative study of the recruiting of men and women for sales positions in Turkey

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 879-888

  Pinar, Musa ^a   Eser, Zeliha ^b   Hardin, J Russell ^c  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c University of South Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Sales effectiveness; Sales recruiting; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849006484     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9309-y     Document Type: Article

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