Salesperson mood at work: Implications for helping customers

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 23-30

  George, Jennifer M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009578854     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1998.10754137     Document Type: Article

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