Leadership propensity and sales performance among sales personnel and managers in a specialty retail store setting

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-59

  Flaherty, Karen ^a   Mowen, John ^a   Brown, Tom ^a   Marshall, Greg ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 67649550252     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134290103     Document Type: Article

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