APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sales Career Motives: The Moderating Roles of Gender and Job-Related Fears

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Michael Parker
    Viterbo University
  • Trelitha Bryant
    Behavioral Sciences Research Press, Inc.
  • Suzanne Dudley
    Behavioral Sciences Research Press, Inc.

Abstract

A survey of sales employees assessed career motives. Results indicate the COVID-19 pandemic has had a greater impact on motives for women than men. Job-related fears also have a stronger relationship to certain motives since the pandemic started. Implications for theories of motivation and recommendations for sales managers are discussed.

Motivation

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