Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman?
Prior research suggests that the gender composition of sales teams may impact team performance. However, research at the intersection of sales, gender, and teams is limited. In this study, we collect survey data from hypothetical buyers who viewed one of six sales pitch videos, including solo salesm...
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| description | Prior research suggests that the gender composition of sales teams may impact team performance. However, research at the intersection of sales, gender, and teams is limited. In this study, we collect survey data from hypothetical buyers who viewed one of six sales pitch videos, including solo salesmen and saleswomen, single-gender dyadic sales teams, and mixed-gender sales teams. The hypothetical buyers were asked to rate each of the salespeople on important traits that have proven to lead to successful sales interactions, including customer orientation, understanding, trustworthiness, awareness of others’ feelings, competence, knowledge, and if the hypothetical buyer would take advice from the salesperson. The findings show buyers evaluate women-only teams higher than men-only teams; salesmen benefit from being a part of a mixed-gender team; and in mixed-gender teams specifically led by a woman, buyer evaluations of customer orientation and other relational and task traits rise dramatically. In dyadic team-based selling, it may be that the most beneficial team structure is a woman lead with a wingman. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffd5f157faa04ef0ba019727f7e984252025-08-20T02:38:26ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityJournal of Applied Marketing Theory2151-32362025-01-01121395610.20429/jamt.2025.120103Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman?Eric KushinsMelissa ClarkPrior research suggests that the gender composition of sales teams may impact team performance. However, research at the intersection of sales, gender, and teams is limited. In this study, we collect survey data from hypothetical buyers who viewed one of six sales pitch videos, including solo salesmen and saleswomen, single-gender dyadic sales teams, and mixed-gender sales teams. The hypothetical buyers were asked to rate each of the salespeople on important traits that have proven to lead to successful sales interactions, including customer orientation, understanding, trustworthiness, awareness of others’ feelings, competence, knowledge, and if the hypothetical buyer would take advice from the salesperson. The findings show buyers evaluate women-only teams higher than men-only teams; salesmen benefit from being a part of a mixed-gender team; and in mixed-gender teams specifically led by a woman, buyer evaluations of customer orientation and other relational and task traits rise dramatically. In dyadic team-based selling, it may be that the most beneficial team structure is a woman lead with a wingman.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jamt/vol12/iss1/3/team sellinggenderdiversityteam compositionleadershipbuyer evaluationthin slicingmturk |
| spellingShingle | Eric Kushins Melissa Clark Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? Journal of Applied Marketing Theory team selling gender diversity team composition leadership buyer evaluation thin slicing mturk |
| title | Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? |
| title_full | Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? |
| title_fullStr | Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? |
| title_short | Buyer Perceptions of Single- and Mixed-Gender Dyadic Sales Teams: Should I have a Wingman or a Wingwoman? |
| title_sort | buyer perceptions of single and mixed gender dyadic sales teams should i have a wingman or a wingwoman |
| topic | team selling gender diversity team composition leadership buyer evaluation thin slicing mturk |
| url | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jamt/vol12/iss1/3/ |
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