Impact of personality on sales manager leadership style

Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 27-53

  Spangler, William D ^a   Dubinsky, Alan J ^b   Yammarino, Francis J ^a   Jolson, Marvin A ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84924054646     PISSN: 1051712X     EISSN: 15470628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J033v03n04_02     Document Type: Article

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