Bridging the distance between us: How initial responses to sales team conflict help shape core selling team outcomes

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-257

  Dixon, Andrea L ^a   Gassenheimer, Jule B ^b   Barr, Terri Feldman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 85009561184     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2002.10754312     Document Type: Article

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