Sales Training Practices: A Crossnational Comparison

International Marketing Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1993, Pages

  Hair, Joseph F ^c   Al Khatib, Jamal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84947696593     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651339310025857     Document Type: Article

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