Social media use in B2b sales and its impact on competitive intelligence collection and adaptive selling: Examining the role of learning orientation as an enabler

OS Itani, R Agnihotri, R Dingus - Industrial Marketing Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examines the use of social media by business-to-business (B2B) salespeople to
assist in their job functions. The authors propose that a salesperson's attitude toward social …

The relationship between emotional intelligence, frontline employee adaptability, job satisfaction and job performance

M Sony, N Mekoth - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2016 - Elsevier
Adaptable FLE's are an asset for the organization and customer alike as they are an
indispensable part of service experience. They are subjected to pressures which are not …

On the role of empathy in customer-employee interactions

J Wieseke, A Geigenmüller… - Journal of service …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
While the service literature repeatedly emphasizes the role of empathy in service
interactions, studies on empathy in customer-employee interactions are nearly absent. This …

Not all adaptive selling to omni-consumers is influential: The moderating effect of product type

Y Yurova, CB Rippé, S Weisfeld-Spolter… - Journal of retailing and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Computer-mediated technologies have resulted in a proliferation of the omni-channel
consumer (OCC) who shops for products and services using mobile, online, and traditional …

A contingency approach to adaptive selling behavior and sales performance: Selling situations and salesperson characteristics

RW Giacobbe, DW Jackson Jr, LA Crosby… - Journal of personal …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The Weitz (1981) model of adaptive selling suggests that situational variables will moderate
the relationship between adaptive selling behavior and sales performance. In this paper, a …

Salesperson empathy and listening: Impact on relationship outcomes

P Aggarwal, SB Castleberry, R Ridnour… - Journal of Marketing …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This study fills an important gap in the literature by developing a conceptual model that links
salesperson empathy and listening skills to three outcome variables. Responses from a mail …

Empathy, nonverbal immediacy, and salesperson performance: the mediating role of adaptive selling behavior

YB Limbu, C Jayachandran, BJ Babin… - Journal of Business & …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose Previous studies that examined the role of empathy and nonverbal immediacy on
business-to-business (B2B) salesperson performance is limited in scope and yielded …

The need for speed: Agility selling

LB Chonko, E Jones - Journal of Personal Selling & Sales …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In turbulent business times, organizations have sought to become more agile.
Organizational agility has been asserted to require workforce agility, but thus far, little focus …

A re‐examination of B2B sales performance

R Zallocco, E Bolman Pullins, ML Mallin - Journal of Business & …, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of sales
performance measurement by developing an organizing framework for classifying sales …

What does adaptive selling mean to salespeople? An exploratory analysis of practitioners' responses to generic adaptive selling scales

S Alavi, J Habel, K Linsenmayer - Journal of Personal Selling & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of adaptive selling has been firmly established as a key driver of salespeople's
selling performance. To measure adaptive selling, studies commonly use generic items that …