Selling and sales management in action: The constructs of sales coaching: Supervisory feedback, role modeling and trust

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-63

  Rich, Gregory A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009578786     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1998.10754120     Document Type: Article

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