• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.69-82
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• 2013

The initial approach to this study is to focus on pharmaceutical companies' internal marketing activities for organizational diagnosis. By analysing the influence of internal marketing elements on the job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention of pharmaceutical salespeople, this study aims at coming up with ways to strengthen the sales capacity and competitive edge of pharmaceutical companies through the salespeople's satisfaction. For 32 days between November 10th and December 12th of 2012, a total of 210 copies of questionnaires were given to the respondents and 203 of them except 7 with insufficient answers were used for the final analysis. The analysis result showed that internal communication, delegation of authority, and reward system among the elements of internal marketing activity had a positive influence on the workers' job satisfaction. The internal marketing activity elements did not influence the respondents' organizational commitment. Job satisfaction had a positive influence on their organizational commitment, while it had a negative influence of turnover intention. The conclusion section encapsulated the results of empirical analysis and proposed practical lessons regarding pharmaceutical companies' internal marketing.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.67-77
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• 2019

Today, companies are making efforts to improve the performance of workers by utilizing various IT-based mobile and internet devices. In pharmaceutical companies, salespeople are using the e-brochure to search for diverse expertise in real time. Through the e-brochure, pharmacists and doctors can be provided with the information they need, thereby increasing confidence in pharmaceuticals and salespeople. Salespeople can also use e-brochures to improve their work performance and to be more satisfied with their jobs. This study examines which functions of e-brochures satisfy salespeople and what attitudes to the e-brochures they need to have. This paper explains the effect of satisfaction and attitude to the e-brochures on job satisfaction through self-efficacy with statistical analysis. As a statistical result, the functions of e-brochures (professional knowledge, massive amount of data, easy searching, information updates, and the reflection of feedback) and attitudes to the e-brochures (importance, intention to use, belief in improvement, efficacy to use, and negative cognition) influence on self-efficacy of salespeople. Further, self-efficacy has mediating effects on the relationship between the functions of e-brochures / attitudes to e-brochures and job satisfaction. Exceptionally, the mediating effect of self-efficacy was not significant in relation to information updates / reflection of feedback and job satisfaction. These results will explain what functions should be focused for the future development of e-brochures. It will also suggest what attitudes the salespeople should have about e-brochures. Through these efforts, salespeople will be able to utilize new technology of e-brochures to satisfy their jobs and improve their performance.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.119-129
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate sales managers' strategic focus on customer acquisition, specifically its effect on salespeople's performance. In addition, this study aimed to determine how salespeople's interpersonal skills, salesmanship skills, and technical knowledge affect the relationship between customer-acquisition management and salespeople's performance. Research design, data, and methodology: This study conducted a survey of 310 salespeople working at pharmaceutical companies. A structural equation modeling approach was applied to test the main effects and interaction effects using AMOS. Results: The results indicated that both managers' customer-acquisition orientation and salespeople's salesmanship skills and technical knowledge positively affected the latter's performance. Further, it was found that the higher the technical knowledge of the salesperson, the greater the effect of the customer-acquisition orientation on sales performance. Conclusions: Sales managers should enable salespeople to quickly acquire technical knowledge with respect to the market, products, competitors, and company policy so that they can bring greater synergy to the customer-acquisition orientation.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.182-190
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• 2018

많은 제약기업에서 영업사원들을 위하여 SFA 시스템을 운영하고 있다. SFA 시스템은 영업사원들의 다양한 행동에 활용되고 있는데 국내에서는 SFA 활용성과에 대한 실증분석 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 제약회사 영업사원을 대상으로 SFA 시스템의 활용도와 그에 따른 비재무적 성과를 설문을 통해 조사하였다. 조사대상은 제약 영업사원으로 구성된 제약 커뮤니티 회원 347명을 대상으로 2018년 3월 13일부터 4월 30일까지 18일 동안 온라인으로 조사하였다. 유효 응답률은 23.1%(80/347)이었다. 분석 결과 SFA 시스템 활용 수준이 높을수록 비재무적 성과가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 회사 구분별로는 국내 기업보다는 외국계 기업이 활용 수준이 높았다. SFA 활용 수준 항목 중 지원 서비스 항목에 대해 외국기업이 국내 기업보다 1.47점(3.65, 2.18) 높게 나타났고, SFA 성과 항목 중에서는 고객만족도 항목에 대해 외국기업이 국내 기업보다 1.47점(3.16, 1.69) 높게 나타났다. 이는 국내사의 SFA 개발 및 운영방식이 영업사원에 대한 지원 서비스 및 고객만족 중심이 아닌 관리 통제에 중심을 두는 것을 시사한다. 이번 연구를 통하여 국내 기업의 경우 SFA 시스템 운영 시 영업사원 지원 및 고객만족 정보제공 기능이 강화되어야 할 것으로 사료되었다.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.23-49
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• 2007

본 연구는 영업사원의 통제유형(긍정적/부정적 결과통제, 긍정적/부정적 행동통제)과 직무만족 간의 관계에서 결과/행동관련 역할명확성과 자기효능감을 매개변수로 도입하여 이들 연구단위들 간의 구조적 관계를 조사하는 것이다. 제약업계 영업사원들로부터 수집된 자료를 통한 실증분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영업사원에 대한 통제유형이 역할명확성에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 긍정적/부정적 결과통제는 모두 결과관련 역할명확성에 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 긍정적 행동통제도 행동관련 역할명확성에 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 부정적 행동통제는 행동관련 역할명확성에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 영업사원에 대한 통제유형이 자기효능감에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 긍정적 결과통제는 자기효능감에 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났지만, 긍정적 행동통제는 자기효능감에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 부정적 결과통제와 부정적 행동통제는 각각 결과관련 역할명확성과 행동관련 역할명확성의 매개를 통해 자기효능감에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 역할명확성이 자기효능감과 직무만족에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 결과관련 역할명확성과 행동관련 역할명확성은 모두 자기효능감에 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 행동관련 역할명확성은 직무만족에 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나 결과관련 역할명확성은 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 끝으로, 자기효능감이 직무만족에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 자기효능감은 직무만족에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결론에서는 결과의 요약, 시사점, 한계점, 그리고 미래연구를 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2019

Purpose - Previous research has shown that a very high level and a very low level of job scope can both be more stressful than intermediate levels of job scope. This study investigates the potential positive and negative effects of the number of accounts handled by sales personnel. The primary objective of this paper is to examine how the number of accounts salespeople handle affects their stress and performance. Research design, data, and methodology - This research conducted the data collection using a survey of salespeople in the pharmaceutical industry. I sent the survey to 420 salespeople, and received 318 usable responses. To assess measurement reliability and validity, I ran an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. I also employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to test all hypothesized effects in AMOS and also measured the interaction variable using Ping's (1996) approach. Results - These results show that there are linear and non-linear effects of the number of accounts handled by the salesperson on both role ambiguity and role conflict. First, the number of accounts handled by a salesperson is positively related to role ambiguity and role conflict. Second, the effect of the number of accounts handled on role ambiguity and role conflict decreases as the number of accounts handled by the salesperson increases. Third, as accounts increase from a low level, role stress increases; when the number of accounts reaches an optimal level, role stress decreases; and when the number of accounts increases to a high level, it can be detrimental to the salesperson's role stress. Fourth, while product complexity is positively related to role ambiguity, brand strength is negatively related to both role ambiguity and role conflict. Fifth, the greater the brand strength, the weaker the relationship will be between the number of accounts handled and salesperson role ambiguity. Finally, role ambiguity is positively related to salesperson performance. Conclusion - Too much and too little accounts increase the role ambiguity and role conflict of salespersons. Managers should identify the complex effect of the number of accounts handled by salespeople. Also, when products are complex, managers should provide training to eliminate any complex processes and complex information. These results suggest ways to decrease salespersons' role stress by ensuring an optimal level of the number of accounts and brand strength.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2017

Purpose - Recently, domestic pharmaceutical market is growing steadily, but top-tier companies are concentrating on sales growth. In this market, SMEs, which account for more than 80% of the entire market, suffer from the problem of lower margins and increasing inventory costs. According to the government's policy changes related to pharmaceuticals, it is pointed out that the management of existing customers and the control of salespeople are important issues for pharmaceutical companies. This study investigates the effect of the control system on the salesperson in domestic pharmaceutical distribution channel on customer-oriented selling behaviors and sales performance. Research design, data, and methodology - To verify the proposed research model and test hypotheses, the authors selected 244 MR(medical representatives)'s responses which have currently relationship with doctors or pharmacists. This study carefully investigated the reliability, content validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the proposed model. Results - The authors find out the following results: capacity control, activity control, and self control have positive effects on customer-oriented selling behaviors and customer-oriented selling behaviors have a positive effect on sales performance. In addition, we present alternative model to check the direct effect between the control systems and the sales performance, but control system factors except self control have no direct influence. Conclusions - First of all, competency control and activity control increases the customer-oriented selling behavior of the salesperson. This means that the salesperson's sales skill, negotiation skill, customer access skill, presentation ability, monitoring, direction and evaluation are important and it is also important to control activities to check the number of visits to customers, report preparation, and customer service etiquette. Second, the fact that self-control of salesperson affects the customer-oriented selling behavior suggests that self-control is not controlled by external factors but rather establishes short/long-term goals. Therefore, it is important for sales organization to create an environment in which members can induce persistent incentives for self-control. Finally, output control did not affect customer-oriented sales behavior, which is less likely to form confidence or motivation to MRs when output control is perceived as a means of monitoring, supervising, or controlling rather than providing information to salespeople.