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Ananda Wickramasinghe

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Transforming Nobody To Somebody: Do Transformational Leadership And Relationship Marketing Make A Difference For Sustainable Marketing?, Nalin Abeysekera, Ananda Wickramasinghe Mar 2014

Transforming Nobody To Somebody: Do Transformational Leadership And Relationship Marketing Make A Difference For Sustainable Marketing?, Nalin Abeysekera, Ananda Wickramasinghe

Ananda Wickramasinghe

With a complex, dynamic and fiercely competitive business environment and consumerism, sustainable relationship marketing is a hallenge that is critical for businesses. The concept of transformational leadership can be considered as the most influential over the last two decades in changing the ways that businesses are operating - in particular, in marketing their products, and attracting, delighting and retaining customers for the long run. This conceptual paper examines the relationship between transformational leadership and relationship marketing in the context of selling. In particular, the usage of trust and commitment used by both theories has been discussed extensively. Ultimately this study …


How Is Your Boss? Impact Of Transformational Leadership Behavior Of Manager On Customers' Selling Orientation-Special Reference To Corporate Banking Sector In Sri Lanka, Nalin Abeysekera, Ananda Wickramasinghe Mar 2014

How Is Your Boss? Impact Of Transformational Leadership Behavior Of Manager On Customers' Selling Orientation-Special Reference To Corporate Banking Sector In Sri Lanka, Nalin Abeysekera, Ananda Wickramasinghe

Ananda Wickramasinghe

Selling is paramount important in marketing and considered as a lifeblood in marketing. Customer oriented selling plays a vital role in this regards .On the other hand, managers need transformational leadership behavior to manage sales staff. This study aims to integrate the concept of customer orientation and transformational leadership of a manager by conceptualizing the concepts in Sri Lankan corporate banking sector. Responses were gathered via a questionnaire survey from a sample of 100 managers and 100 customer relationship officers(CRO). The results provide evidence for the significant relationship between transformational leadership of a manager and their customer orientation.