The state of selling & sales management research: a review and future research agenda

A Rapp, L Beeler - Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Sales research has been an on-going endeavor for over 100 years. With countless papers
on the various sales-centric topics that have been authored, there are still massive gaps in …

Self-efficacy and personal selling: review and examination with an emphasis on sales performance

RA Peterson - Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Self-efficacy has been a focal construct in personal selling research for more than four
decades. This article reviews and examines how self-efficacy has been conceptualized …

Technostress: negative effect on performance and possible mitigations

M Tarafdar, EB Pullins… - Information Systems …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the effect of conditions that create technostress, on technology‐enabled
innovation, technology‐enabled performance and overall performance. We further look at …

Organizational readiness for change, individual fear of change, and sales manager performance: An empirical investigation

WA Weeks, J Roberts, LB Chonko… - Journal of Personal …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Sales organizations are experiencing a period of increasing change in the marketplace.
Consequently, firms must strive to develop and implement successful change initiatives …

Adaptive selling behavior revisited: An empirical examination of learning orientation, sales performance, and job satisfaction

JE Park, BB Holloway - Journal of personal selling & sales …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Adaptive selling behavior (ASB) is an important factor in salesperson success with
customers. Although significant progress has occurred in understanding the ASB concept, a …

SOCO's impact on individual sales performance: The integration of selling skills as a missing link

T Wachner, CR Plouffe, Y Grégoire - Industrial marketing management, 2009 - Elsevier
Conventional wisdom suggests that a customer orientation is a vital cornerstone upon which
the success of salespeople is predicated in terms of serving their customers and prospects …

The impact of salesperson customer orientation on sales performance via mediating mechanism

R Singh, P Venugopal - Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–This study aims to address the need to study salesperson's customer orientation
and its effectiveness to explain the efficacy of predispositions and skills at individual level …

The effect of working relationship quality on salesperson performance and job satisfaction: Adaptive selling behavior in Korean automobile sales representatives

JE Park, GD Deitz - Journal of Business Research, 2006 - Elsevier
The adaptive selling behavior (ASB) concept has been the focus of significant attention in
research and practice alike over the past decade. However, there has been but a few …

The effect of perceived ethical climate on the search for sales force excellence

WA Weeks, TW Loe, LB Chonko… - Journal of personal …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the relationship of perceived ethical climate to individual commitment
to quality, organizational commitment, and performance among business-to-business …

Thought self-leadership strategies and sales performance: integrating selling skills and adaptive selling behavior as missing links

R Singh, N Kumar, S Puri - Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to address the need to study salespersons' thought self-leadership
(TSL) and its effectiveness through the interplay of self-efficacy, skills and behavior at the …