Operationalizing salesperson performance with secondary data: aligning practice, scholarship, and theory

W Bolander, NN Chaker, A Pappas… - Journal of the Academy of …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the large body of research that examines the determinants of salesperson
performance, significant variation exists regarding how scholars can operationalize …

More than machines: The role of the future retail salesperson in enhancing the customer experience

A Pappas, E Fumagalli, M Rouziou, W Bolander - Journal of Retailing, 2023 - Elsevier
Retail sales has consistently faced threats by technology throughout history, with the recent
advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) posing the most recent challenge. It is often said that …

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 …

An examination of salesperson bricolage during a critical sales disruption: Selling during the Covid-19 pandemic

RT Epler, MP Leach - Industrial Marketing Management, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has proven to be a disruptive and world-altering event often forcing professional
salespeople to rapidly change the manner in which they do business. Thereby, this …

Salesperson ambidexterity and customer satisfaction: examining the role of customer demandingness, adaptive selling, and role conflict

R Agnihotri, CB Gabler, OS Itani… - Journal of Personal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This research investigates the effects of sales-service ambidexterity on salesperson role
perceptions, behaviors, and customer satisfaction. Using a business-to-business …

In search of operational resilience: How and when improvisation matters

D Essuman, H Ataburo, N Boso… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The need to improvise during supply chain disruptions to enhance operational resilience is
ever more critical. Yet, managers appear to lack an understanding of how and when …

Does entrepreneurs' improvisational behavior improve firm performance in time of crisis?

P Charoensukmongkol - Management Research Review, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper examines the effect of improvisational behavior of entrepreneurs on firm
performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand during the economic …

Leveraging empowering leadership to improve employees' improvisational behavior: The role of promotion focus and willingness to take risks

S Ye, K Yao, J Xue - Psychological Reports, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Improvisational behavior is an individual's spontaneous and creative behavior in the face of
emergencies, using existing material and emotional resources to respond quickly and …

The impact of live streamers' improvisational responses to unexpected events on their entrepreneurial performance

D Wu, K Guo, Q He, J Zhang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the live streaming industry in recent years, the number of live
streaming platforms and streamers has experienced explosive growth in China. However …

Develo** improvisation skills: The influence of individual orientations

PV Mannucci, DC Orazi… - Administrative Science …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The growing relevance of improvisation for successful organizing calls for a better
understanding of how individuals develop improvisation skills. While research has …