The effects of mentoring on salesperson commitment

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2294-2300

  Hartmann, Nathaniel N ^a   Rutherford, Brian N ^b   Hamwi, G Alexander ^c   Friend, Scott B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Occupational commitment; Organizational commitment; Salesperson

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880943382     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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