Sales contests: A research agenda

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Murphy, William H ^a   Dacin, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009580709     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1998.10754116     Document Type: Article

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