التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
In search of digital solution sellers: the role of non-monetary motivation and empowering leadership behaviors. |
| المؤلفون: |
Guenzi, Paolo1 (AUTHOR) paolo.guenzi@sdabocconi.it, Nijssen, Edwin J.2 (AUTHOR) |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management. Sep2024, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p253-273. 21p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*BUSINESS-to-business transactions, *COMPETITIVE advantage in business, SELF-determination theory, DIGITAL technology, SELF-efficacy |
| مستخلص: |
Many B2B companies are trying to gain a competitive advantage by leveraging digitally-enabled, value-creating solutions. For this, they need to modify their sales force and re-consider what "talent" is. While the skills of digital solution sellers have been explored in the literature, much less is known about the motivational profile the new type of salesperson needs. Therefore, we explore the role of non-monetary drivers of motivation and sales supervisor empowerment. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and using data from 178 salespeople of a B2B company, this study investigates the impact of learning orientation, task enjoyment, challenge seeking, and service-to-others motivation on task-specific Digital Solution Selling (DSS) Implementation motivation. The results show the importance of these general non-monetary motivations for selling digital solutions and the stimulating force of sales leader empowerment. The general non-monetary motivations partially mediate the positive impact of sales leader empowerment on a salesperson's task-specific DSS implementation motivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Business Source Index |