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Sales · Empirical organizational survey/model test

Examining sales force performance in organizations that use behavior-based sales management processes

Industrial Marketing Management · 1996

Ken Grant, David W. Cravens

Summary

Examines sales-force performance under behavior-based sales management, providing evidence on management-process/performance association.

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

Examines sales-force performance under behavior-based sales management, providing evidence on management-process/performance association.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How is sales performance related to behavior-based sales management?

Design

Empirical organizational survey/model test

Sample and setting

Organizations using behavior-based sales-management processes

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Nonexperimental organizational data and possible industry heterogeneity constrain causal interpretation.

Research sources

Publisher DOI landing page identifies the exact title, authors, journal record and empirical-design sections/abstract: https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-8501(96)00038-7 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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