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A Closer Look at Emotional Intelligence in Marketing Exchange

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  • Kidwell Blair

    (Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)

  • Hardesty David M.

    (Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)

  • Murtha Brian R.

    (Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)

  • Sheng Shibin

    (School of Business, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA)

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) is important in many business contexts. Knowing how sales professionals use emotions to facilitate positive outcomes for their firms, themselves and their customers is particularly important for managing marketing exchanges. To leverage EI it is necessary to accurately measure it. Existing scales are of limited value and therefore a new scale to measure EI in marketing exchange is presented here. It focuses on EI related abilities in the specific context of marketing exchange and effectively demonstrates how EI interacts with sales, customer orientation, the extent of influence of a sales rep in an encounter, customer retention and cognitive ability. The new tool helps to diagnose individual levels of marketing exchange EI. It can be very useful for employee selection and designing specific sales training in order to improve exchange relationships and interactions between buyers and sellers, in particular.

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  • Kidwell Blair & Hardesty David M. & Murtha Brian R. & Sheng Shibin, 2012. "A Closer Look at Emotional Intelligence in Marketing Exchange," NIM Marketing Intelligence Review, Sciendo, vol. 4(1), pages 24-31, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:gfkmir:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:24-31:n:3
    DOI: 10.2478/gfkmir-2014-0038
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    1. Andree Swanson & Diane Hamilton & Paula Zobisch, 2015. "Establishing Best Practices For Including Emotional Intelligence In Real Estate Professionals," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 9(4), pages 91-97.

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