The Effects of Personality Traits and Motivations on performance of Salespeople The Mediating Effects of Organizational Commitment and Compensation

Abstract

This study tested the relationship between the factors of intrinsic, extrinsic, extraversion, agreeableness personality traits, and salesperson’s performance and explored the moderating variables of organizational commitment and compensation. Questionnaires were distributed to 200 salespeople in various retail organizations and companies selling fashion products of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and 196 valid copies were received. The SPSS and HLM were employed to analyze the data and to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that a positive significant effect of extrinsic, extraversion and agreeableness personality traits on salespeople’s performance and there is no relationship between salespeople’s intrinsic motivation and their performance. Additionally, the findings also verified the moderator factor as compensation on the relationship of intrinsic motivation and agreeableness on salesperson’s performance. Finally, some accommodating advantages for retail organizations as well as sales managers in making hiring and training decisions are provided in this research. Dong-Jenn Yang | Pham Thi Phuong Dung "The Effects of Personality Traits and Motivations on performance of Salespeople - The Mediating Effects of Organizational Commitment and Compensation" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd43702.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.commanagement/marketing/43702/the-effects-of-personality-traits-and-motivations-on-performance-of-salespeople--the-mediating-effects-of-organizational-commitment-and-compensation/dongjenn-yang

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Dong-Jenn Yang | Pham Thi Phuong Dung

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Dong-Jenn Yang (2021). The Effects of Personality Traits and Motivations on performance of Salespeople The Mediating Effects of Organizational Commitment and Compensation. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 5(4), -. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-695937