How outgroup salespeople fit in or fail to fit in: A proposed acculturation effects framework

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-309

  Lopez, Tará ^a   Mc Millan Capehart, Amy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009643368     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2002.10754316     Document Type: Article

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