A Critical Review of the Literature for Sales Educators

Journal of Marketing Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-78

  Cummins, Shannon ^a   Peltier, James W ^a   Erffmeyer, Robert ^b   Whalen, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

education; review; sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875432158     PISSN: 02734753     EISSN: 15526550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0273475313481157     Document Type: Review

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