Improving online panel data usage in sales research

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-85

  Johnson, Jeff S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Online data collection; Panel data; Sales management; Salesperson

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968561464     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2015.1111611     Document Type: Article

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