A cross national example of supervisory management practices in the sales force

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  De Carlo, Thomas E ^a   Rody, Raymond C ^b   De Carlo, James E ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 85009609827     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1999.10754155     Document Type: Article

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