Erratum: Examining impacts of technostress on the professional salesperson's behavioral performance (Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management (2014) 34:1 (51-69) DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2013.870184);Examining impacts of technostress on the professional salesperson's behavioural performance

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-69

  Tarafdar, Monideepa ^a   Pullins, Ellen Bolman ^a   Ragu Nathan, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Technology selfefficacy; Technology enabled innovation; Technology enabled salesperson performance; Technostress; Technostress inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898429834     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2014.894220     Document Type: Erratum

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