Boundary spanner multi-faceted role ambiguity and burnout: An exploratory study

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1070-1078

  Ambrose, Scott C ^a   Rutherford, Brian N ^b   Shepherd, C David ^c   Tashchian, Armen ^b  

^a EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanner; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Role ambiguity; Salesperson burnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921897904     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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