The role of ethics in business-to-business marketing: An exploratory review and research agenda

A Anand, M Bowen, AJ Spivack, SR Vessal… - Industrial Marketing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the prominence of ethics in mainstream marketing literature, its position in business-
to-business (B2B) marketing continues to be underrepresented. In this article, we conduct a …

A multidimensional perspective of business-to-business sales success: A meta-analytic review

A Ohiomah, M Benyoucef, P Andreev - Industrial Marketing Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The role and nature of business-to-business (B2B) sales has evolved since the end of the
20th century, mostly driven by technological, organizational and social changes. However …

Transformational leadership effects on salespeople's attitudes, striving, and performance

WH Murphy, RE Anderson - Journal of Business Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Sales managers face challenges in leading their salespeople. Viewing transformational
leadership (TL) as pivotal to gain attitudes necessary for good performance, we present …

Good barrels yield healthy apples: organizational ethics as a mechanism for mitigating work-related stress and promoting employee well-being

CH Schwepker Jr, SR Valentine, RA Giacalone… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - Springer
Little is known about how ethical organizational contexts influence employees' perceived
stress levels and well-being. This study used two theoretical lenses, ethical impact theory …

A qualitative study of leader behaviors perceived to enable salesperson performance

KM Peesker, LJ Ryals, GA Rich… - Journal of Personal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study builds on and extends previous sales leadership research by exploring sales
professionals' perceptions of effective leadership behaviors. Semistructured interviews with …

Salesperson empathy, ethical behaviors, and sales performance: the moderating role of trust in one's manager

R Agnihotri, MT Krush - Journal of Personal Selling & Sales …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Within the domain of sales ethics, researchers are increasingly challenged to adopt a focus
on the emotional elements of sales and ethics. However, previous research has primarily …

Developing global transformational leaders

JR Ramsey, RM Rutti, MP Lorenz, LL Barakat… - Journal of World …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite significant increases in training and development of global managers, little is known
about the precursors of transformational leadership in Multilatinas. While prior cross-cultural …

[PDF][PDF] The relationship between servant leadership, perceived organizational support, performance, and turnover among business to business salespeople

JB DeConinck, HK Moss, MB Deconinck - Global Journal of Management …, 2018 - igbr.org
The purpose of this study was to investigate how servant leadership influences a
salesperson's perceived organizational support (POS), outcome performance, turnover …

Learned helplessness among newly hired salespeople and the influence of leadership

JP Boichuk, W Bolander, ZR Hall… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates the sales force socialization process, wherein newly hired
salespeople often face failure-prone environments. Drawing from the learned helplessness …

The personal selling and sales management ethics research: Managerial implications and research directions from a comprehensive review of the empirical literature

N McClaren - Journal of business ethics, 2013 - Springer
Research into ethics in personal selling and sales management has increased substantially
over the preceding decade by investigating complex dimensions of ethical decision-making …