Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Business Administration
Committee Chair
Matt C. Howard, Ph.D.
Abstract
Today’s business environment is very competitive, forcing companies to make additional efforts to develop and keep sustainable advantages. Thus, research aimed at finding ways to increase company performance has become critical. One specific managerial tool, sales coaching, has been hailed by academics and practitioners alike as vital to improving a salesperson’s job performance. With a company’s survival dependent on the success of their salespeople, research on sales coaching is crucial. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of the relationship between sales coaching and a salesperson’s work-related attitudes and behaviors. Using self-determination theory, this research examines how a quality coaching relationship with one’s sales manager influences a salesperson’s sale creativity and job performance. This research uses partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate the direct, mediated, and moderated relationships among the variables studied using data from 332-salespeople working in the United States. Results suggest that a quality coaching experience does positively influence a salesperson’s sales creativity and job performance. Theoretical and managerial implications as well as directions for future research are provided.
Recommended Citation
Serviss, Emory, "Why Sales Managers Matter: How Supervisory Coaching Affects Salespeople's Job Performance" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 40.
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/theses_diss/40