How sales managers can use salespeople's perceived attributes to monitor and motivate a sales force during relationship marketing

This study uses the Markov chain and agency theory to demonstrate a link between a salesperson's perceived attributes with customer retention and both optimal effort and commission, using a relational perspective. The purpose is to show sales managers that, with a customer survey, they can use...

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Main Authors: Saïd Echchakoui, Rachid Ghilal
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:European Research on Management and Business Economics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883418301098
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Summary:This study uses the Markov chain and agency theory to demonstrate a link between a salesperson's perceived attributes with customer retention and both optimal effort and commission, using a relational perspective. The purpose is to show sales managers that, with a customer survey, they can use perceived sales force attributes to monitor and motivate employees during relationship marketing. This paper also demonstrates that optimal sales force compensation drives salespeople to enhance perceived attributes. Keywords: Sales force, Customer retention, Firm's financial value, Markov chain, Agency theory, JEL classification: M12, M31, M52
ISSN:2444-8834