title: Customers' perceptions of salespersons' orientation and susceptibility to salespersons' influence.
abstract: This study examined correlations of scores for salespersons' and customers' orientation, as indicated by a modified Salesperson Orientation-Customer Orientation scale, with self-reported consumers' susceptibility to salespersons' information, recommendations, and relational influence. Vehicle purchasers provided 508 useable survey responses. Correlations for customers' perceptions of both salespersons' orientation (-.39 and -.21) and customers' orientation (.39 and .24) were related to self-reports of susceptibility to salespersons' information and relational influence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Marketing, and Business Administration, University of Houston in Downtown, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Brent G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: Gary B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D012938:Social Perception; D000078329:Workforce