Bringing "social" into sales: The impact of salespeople's social media use on service behaviors and value creation

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-348

  Agnihotri, Raj ^a   Kothandaraman, Prabakar ^b   Kashyap, Rajiv ^b   Singh, Ramendra ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

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EID: 84864442547     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134320304     Document Type: Review

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