Salesperson's information overload: Scale development, validation, and its relationship to salesperson job satisfaction and performance

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-35

  Hunter, Gary L ^a   Goebel, Daniel J ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40049101295     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134280102     Document Type: Article

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