Empowered selling teams: How shared leadership can contribute to selling team outcomes

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 35-51

  Perry, Monica L ^a   Pearce, Craig L ^a   Sims, Henry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009577535     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1999.10754180     Document Type: Article

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