Exploring the impact of sales technology on salesperson performance: A task-based approach

Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-186

  Eggert, Andreas ^a   Serdaroglu, Murat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b Altran   (Germany)

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EID: 79952798946     PISSN: 10696679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MTP1069-6679190204     Document Type: Article

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