Market orientation in the banking sector: Measuring the key role of salesperson performance

This paper examines the relationship of customer orientation - at both the organizational and the individual sales level - on salesperson performance for financial products. A survey of 146 sales managers of different Spanish banks was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results provide...

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Autores: Rosendo-Ríos, Verónica, Martín-Dávila, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/685335
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/685335
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cesjef.2015.02.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Competitive orientation
Customer orientation
Market orientation
Salesperson customer orientation
Salesperson performance
Economía
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Sumario:This paper examines the relationship of customer orientation - at both the organizational and the individual sales level - on salesperson performance for financial products. A survey of 146 sales managers of different Spanish banks was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results provided here highlight the relevant mediating role of salesperson customer orientation on sales performance and reinforces the role of salespeople in achieving an appropriate organizational market orientation.