How management control and job-related characteristics influence the performance of export sales managers
Ημερομηνία
2007Source
Journal of Business ResearchVolume
60Issue
12Pages
1261-1271Google Scholar check
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Despite the plethora of studies examining the influence of behavior-based sales management control on salesperson characteristics and performance, limited empirical evidence exists with respect to its relevance and importance in an export sales context. This study expands the existing literature by investigating the influence of behavior-based control and job-related characteristics on the performance of export sales managers. The article offers a conceptual model and an empirical test using data from 210 UK exporters. The findings support the positive influence of behavior-based control on certain export sales managers' characteristics and behavioral performance. The results also indicate that: specific export sales managers' characteristics enhance behavioral performance behavioral performance is positively related to outcome performance psychic distance moderates the relationship between behavior-based control and behavioral performance. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for export executives and suggestions for future research in the field. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.