The future of buyer–seller interactions: A conceptual framework and research agenda

M Ahearne, Y Atefi, SK Lam, M Pourmasoudi - Journal of the Academy of …, 2022 - Springer
The revolution in information availability and the advances in novel interaction technologies
have ushered in two major shifts that call into question the traditional assumptions of buyer …

Trojan horse or useful helper? A relationship perspective on artificial intelligence assistants with humanlike features

E Uysal, S Alavi, V Bezençon - Journal of the Academy of Marketing …, 2022 - Springer
Artificial intelligence assistants (AIAs) such as Alexa are prevalent in consumers' homes.
Owing to their powerful artificial intelligence, consumers may perceive that AIAs have a mind …

Extrinsic rewards, intrinsic motivation, and new product development performance

SL Malek, S Sarin, C Haon - Journal of product innovation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reward structures can have a significant impact on the performance of new product
development (NPD) teams. However, there are several gaps in our understanding of how …

How do digital influencers affect social commerce intention? The roles of social power and satisfaction

P Wang, Q Huang, RM Davison - Information Technology & People, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The success of social commerce depends on consumers' willingness to participate
in social commerce activities. Practitioners have attached increasing attention to facilitating …

Variable compensation and salesperson health

J Habel, S Alavi, K Linsenmayer - Journal of Marketing, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Positive effects of incentives on salespeople's motivation, effort, and performance are well-
established in literature. This article takes a novel look at their influence on salespeople's …

Studying the antecedents and outcome of social media use by salespeople using a MOA framework

P Guenzi, EJ Nijssen - Industrial Marketing Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The innovative impact of digital technologies on sales forces is largely unexplored.
Particularly, the understanding of drivers of social media use by salespeople remains …

How classy servant leader at workplace? Linking servant leadership and task performance during the COVID-19 crisis: a moderation and mediation approach

M Zada, S Zada, M Ali, ZY Jun… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a record global crisis, particularly and extremely, for
the service sectors. Due to extensive security measures, many service sector employees …

Linking authentic leadership to salespeople's service performance: The roles of job crafting and human resource flexibility

TT Luu - Industrial Marketing Management, 2020 - Elsevier
To build the sustainable service excellence, organizations should fuel sales employees'
drive to serve customers and recover service failures to their utmost satisfaction. The primary …

Dynamic and global drivers of salesperson effectiveness

DP Claro, C Ramos, RW Palmatier - Journal of the Academy of Marketing …, 2024 - Springer
Sales research has long established that salesperson individual and team drivers are key
for executing effective selling strategies. Yet radical changes in the sales context in the past …

To be or not to be: a review of the (un) ethical salespeople literature

A Anand, M Bowen, D Rangarajan - Journal of Business & Industrial …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite the prominence of ethics in mainstream marketing and sales literature,
studies on the role of unethical sales practices remain sparse. As a result, we sought to fill …