Salesperson race and gender and the access and legitimacy paradigm: Does difference make a difference?

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 71-88

  Jones, Eli ^a   Moore, Jesse N ^b   Stanaland, Andrea J S ^c   Wyatt, Rosalind A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009598252     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1998.10754149     Document Type: Article

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