Examining the impact of servant leadership on sales force perforamance

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-275

  Jaramillo, Fernando ^a,b   Grisaffe, Douglas B ^b,c   Chonko, Lawrence B ^b,d   Roberts, James A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68349083679     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134290304     Document Type: Article

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