Sales manager behavior control strategy and its consequences: The impact of manager gender differences

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-237

  Piercy, Nigel F ^a   Cravens, David W ^b   Lane, Nikala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009553218     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2003.10749000     Document Type: Article

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