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Salesperson Behavioral Determinants Of Customer Equity Drivers: Mediational Role Of Trust, Ramana K. Madupalli
Salesperson Behavioral Determinants Of Customer Equity Drivers: Mediational Role Of Trust, Ramana K. Madupalli
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This dissertation examines the role of different types of salesperson behaviors on building and managing customer equity drivers. It is proposed that customers develop positive attitudes towards different value drivers through developed trust by different salesperson behaviors. Specifically, it is hypothesized that customer trust effects customers’ perceptions of brand value, product value and relationship value; the customer trust in turn is affected by different salesperson behaviors, namely, adaptive selling, customer oriented, selling oriented and un/ethical behaviors. Thus, this dissertation integrates selling behaviors literature with customer equity literature. This dissertation builds on past literature and proposes a conceptual model using nine …