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Customer and selling orientations of retail salespeople and the sales manager's ability-to-perceive-emotions: A multi-level approach

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  • Kadic-Maglajlic, Selma
  • Micevski, Milena
  • Arslanagic-Kalajdzic, Maja
  • Lee, Nick

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Drawing from the mental ability framework and information processing theory, two studies embedded within the B2C retail setting investigate the role of the sales manager's ability-to-perceive-emotions in the complex non-linear relationships between salespeople's customer and selling orientations on one side, and its outcomes (sales performance and customer re-purchase intention) on the other. Using multilevel data from salespeople and their managers, Study 1 tests a theoretical model of salesperson orientation and performance, while Study 2 further verifies the results of Study 1 from the customer's perspective. Both studies find strong empirical support for a curvilinear, inverted U-shaped effect of a salesperson's customer orientation on sales performance and customer re-purchase intention. This effect is, however, reversed for the link between selling orientation and performance/re-purchase intention, where results indicate a U-shaped curvilinear relationship. Furthermore, we show that the sales manager's ability to perceive emotions facilitates the effect of salespeople's customer orientation on sales performance.

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  • Kadic-Maglajlic, Selma & Micevski, Milena & Arslanagic-Kalajdzic, Maja & Lee, Nick, 2017. "Customer and selling orientations of retail salespeople and the sales manager's ability-to-perceive-emotions: A multi-level approach," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 53-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:80:y:2017:i:c:p:53-62
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.06.023
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