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Product adoption · Empirical survey and structural model of CRM technology acceptance

Antecedents and consequences of CRM technology acceptance in the sales force

Industrial Marketing Management · 2005

George J. Avlonitis, Nikolaos G. Panagopoulos

Summary

Tests antecedents and consequences of CRM acceptance in the sales force, linking acceptance with downstream sales-force outcomes.

For your marketing

Possible founder application

Use as a mechanism or sales-process design reference. Validate the relationship in your own deal size, buying committee and sales cycle.

Reported result

What the study found

Tests antecedents and consequences of CRM acceptance in the sales force, linking acceptance with downstream sales-force outcomes.

Research question

What the authors investigated

What drives CRM acceptance among salespeople and what follows from acceptance?

Design

Empirical survey and structural model of CRM technology acceptance

Sample and setting

Sales force using CRM technology in a business-selling context

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Self-reported, cross-sectional acceptance data limit causal and objective-performance conclusions.

Research sources

Publisher DOI landing page identifies the exact title, authors, journal record and empirical-design sections/abstract: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2004.09.021 Direct publisher-page retrieval was recorded on 2026-10-09; this profile uses the publisher abstract/metadata and does not claim independent review of unavailable full text.

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