Examining the consequences of adaptive selling behavior by door-to-door salespeople in the Korean cosmetic industry
Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
ISSN: 1355-5855
Article publication date: 18 August 2021
Issue publication date: 18 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to assess the effect of adaptive selling behavior on customer outcomes, mutual outcomes and salesperson outcomes.
Design/methodology/approach
The respondents were salespeople and customers in selected door-to-door cosmetics companies in South Korea. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data in this study.
Findings
Findings show that adaptive selling behavior positively affects customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, sales performance, job satisfaction and relationship quality. These findings suggest that adaptive selling is crucial for the firm's survival depending on the industry and the product. Additionally, unlike previous studies, the authors use salespeople's self-reporting responses and customer-reporting of salespeople, which further enhances the richness and uniqueness of the results.
Originality/value
Studies investigating mutual outcomes of adaptive selling behavior are scarce. The study also emphasizes that adaptive selling behavior enhances salesperson outcomes and customer outcomes and primarily uses dyadic data between door-to-door salespeople and their customers, which is not very common.
Keywords
Citation
Amenuvor, F.E., Yi, H.-T. and Boateng, H. (2022), "Examining the consequences of adaptive selling behavior by door-to-door salespeople in the Korean cosmetic industry", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp. 800-816. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-12-2020-0846
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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