Toward understanding new sales employees' participation in marketing-related technology: Motivation, voluntariness, and past performance

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-393

  Levin, Michael A ^a   Hansen, Jared M ^b   Laverie, Debra A ^c  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864437408     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134320307     Document Type: Review

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