{"title":"Salesperson Evaluation: A Systematic Structure for Reducing Judgmental Biases","authors":"J. Gentry, J. Mowen, Lori H. Tasaki","doi":"10.1080/08853134.1991.10753866","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive biases affect the evaluation of performance in all managerial areas, and the evaluation of sales personnel is especially problematic due to its unique nature. A model of the sales force evaluation process is presented and is used to provide a framework for discussing common biases affecting the expectations of the sales manager. Suggestions are made as to how one can mitigate the effects of the use of sub-optimal decision heuristics, and propositions are presented with the intent of noting future areas of study.","PeriodicalId":16697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management","volume":"35 1","pages":"27-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08853134.1991.10753866","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cognitive biases affect the evaluation of performance in all managerial areas, and the evaluation of sales personnel is especially problematic due to its unique nature. A model of the sales force evaluation process is presented and is used to provide a framework for discussing common biases affecting the expectations of the sales manager. Suggestions are made as to how one can mitigate the effects of the use of sub-optimal decision heuristics, and propositions are presented with the intent of noting future areas of study.