Customer Trust in the Salesperson: An Integrative Review and Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature John E. Swan Michael R. Bowers Lynne D. Richardson UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM The development of trust between salespeople and their customers has traditionally been considered a critical element in developing and maintaining a successful sales relationship. This article presents the first comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis of the antecedents of trust and consequences
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Kurt Vonnegut’s essay “Obscenity” manages to blend together satire‚ personal experiences‚ and Vonnegut’s dark sense of comedy into an off topic but interesting experience. With lines such as “I cannot believe that Victoria herself would have suffer a moment’s genuine dismay if I had shown her the picture of my asshole which I drew for my book Breakfast of Champions.” (4) That can make you wonder whether Vonnegut is actually intellectual or more visceral as the essay lunges towards its conclusion
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universally. Yeats particularly demonstrates how a poet can reflect the various concerns of his age while maintaining a distinctive voice hence transcending the limitations of time. Yeats expresses this through the two poems "Easter 1916" and "Leda and the Swan". The tension in Yeats poetry can be depicted in "Easter 1916" As critics such as Dr Edward Said argued Yeats’ poetry "belongs to a tradition of Post-colonial literature" since the Irish have suffered for centuries under English colonial rule. Yeats
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In The Lightning Thief and Twilight‚ different experiences occur within both main characters Bella Swan and Percy Jackson. Both characters follow a path that will guide them into a new world. Bella and Percy are new to almost everything they discover within their new journey with the help of some close friends. Though from different mythologies‚ Twilight and The Lightning Thief share an archetypal pattern that requires a mentor’s guidance; as the protagonist becomes aware of a previously unknown
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The first Prime Minister of Malaysia‚ Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj spearheaded the effort for independence‚ leading a delegation of ministers and political leaders of Malaya (now Malaysia) in negotiations with the British in London for Merdeka‚ or Independence. Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba also fight toward independence by follow the order from his superior. He is a very friendly and humble in leading and implementing ideological party affiliation. 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 BIODATA Tun
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THE UGLY DUCKLING CHARACTERS: Narrator Mother Duck 6 Brothers Pig‚ Cow‚ Goat Ugly Duckling Birds Geese Old Woman Hen Farmer Swans Children SCRIPT: Narrator: Once upon a time on an old farm‚ there was a duck family‚ and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. Mother Duck: It was about time that my eggs hatch! … 1‚2‚3‚4‚5‚6 ducklings I have! Narrator: But something was not right. Mother Duck: Mmmm… that egg didn’t hatch‚ and it is bigger than the rest… I don`t
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Looking for Alaska Themes Friendship The novel opens with Miles’s going away party where only two acquaintances of Miles attend. With no true friends from his old school‚ Miles moves to Culver Creek. At first Miles is hesitant with his friendships - awkwardly unable to engage and unsure of whom to follow – but he slowly learns to be himself around his new friends. We learn that Miles values his new friendships by the way that he strictly adheres to the Colonel’s “no ratting” policy and shares both
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL
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also are strong elements within the film The Joy Luck Club opens as a story is being told about an old woman remembering a swan that she bought in shanghai for too much money. The market vendor told her that the swan was‚ “once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look‚ it is too beautiful to eat!" The woman journeyed to America with her swan and told the bird that‚ "In America‚ I will have a daughter just like me. But over there‚ nobody will say her worth is measured
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1. Diction Diction is very important in the given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We
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