This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology.

The staff scheduling problem in the retail business is considered for which a new mathematical model and new solution methods are introduced. The problem is formalized as a set covering type problem. Columns represent feasible weekly working time patterns of one sales clerk. Rows correspond to...

Viele Kaufentscheidungen fallen erst am Point of Sale (POS), zumindest werden viele Absichten dort erst konkretisiert. Dies allein begründet die herausragende Bedeutung der Verhaltensforschung am POS. Bei dieser Forschung bedarf es des Einsatzes geeigneter Forschungsmethoden und der Beachtung...

A key to enhancing sales force productivity is finding ways to help existing reps sell more. In this paper, we focus on the process of internal efficiency benchmarking of a firm’s sales representatives aimed at identifying strong and weak performers and providing meaningful and actionable...

This study investigates how competencies lead to performance. We propose that salespersons in the Korean pharmaceutical industry require three central competency dimensions: motive and traits, self-concept, and knowledge and skills. Further, we argue that the level of salesperson competencies is...