Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Relationships between Personal Competence and Sales Performance of Sales Representatives: Focusing on Sales Representatives of Automobile Dealership

영업사원의 개인역량이 자동차 판매 성과에 미치는 영향 연구: 자동차 대리점 영업사원을 대상으로

  • Kim, Mee Hoe (The Graduate School of G. B. Entrepreneurship, Yonsei University) ;
  • Bae, byung Yun (The Graduate School of G. B. Entrepreneurship, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jeon, Ki Suk (College of Business & Government, Yonsei University)
  • 김미회 (연세대학교 정경.창업대학원) ;
  • 배병윤 (연세대학교 정경.창업대학원) ;
  • 전기석 (연세대학교 정경대학)
  • Received : 2019.01.10
  • Accepted : 2019.02.28
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

Sales representatives of automobile company play a key role in the circulation system. Given the characteristics of the good, consumers demand high-quality information and guides from the salespersons when they decide to purchase an automobile. Sales representatives provide service to the customers in accordance with their needs to help purchase decision-making process. Therefore, a sales representative's personal competence have a significant effect on sales performance. Based on this hypothesis, we assumed that personal competence of a salesperson has a positive correlation with sales performance. An empirical analysis was conducted to test the hypothesis. This study classifies personal competence into 4 independent variables((1) sales technique professionalism (2) salesperson's attitude and relationship with customers (3) emotion utilization (4) emotion control) and measures the correlation with the dependent variable(sales performance). To verify the relationship, we set and modified the hypothesis based on the precedent studies and researches. In addiction, a survey was conducted targeting 300 local salespersons from Gyeonggi-Gangwon region. 268 valid samples were used and analyzed with SPSS WIN24.0 statistical program. As a result of an empirical analysis, it turned out that sales technique professionalism and emotion utilization have positive correlation with sales performance. However, the result failed to support the assumption that sales representative's attitude and relationship with customers and emotion control have positive correlation with sales performance. At last the result revealed that personal competence should be considered as an important determinant of recruitment specification for sales representatives.

영업사원들은 자동차산업에서 유통시스템의 핵심적인 역할을 담당하고 있다. 자동차라는 상품의 특성상 고객들은 구매의사 결정과정에 있어 높은 수준의 정보와 지원을 요구한다. 영업사원들은 고객의 요구사항에 맞춰 서비스를 제공함으로써 고객의 결정과정을 돕는다. 따라서 자동차 영업사원의 개인적 역량은 자동차 판매 성과를 높이는데 있어 매우 중요한 영향을 미치게 된다. 이와 같은 배경을 바탕으로 본 연구는 자동차 영업사원의 개인역량이 판매성과 정(+)의 영향이 있을 것으로 보고 실증 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 개인역량을 1) 판매기술 전문성 2) 영업사원의 태도 및 고객과의 관계형성 3) 감성활용 4) 감성조절 네 가지의 독립변수로 구분하여 종속변수인 판매성과와의 상관관계를 측정하였다. 연구 가설을 검증하기 위해 기존의 선행연구와 문헌을 토대로 가설을 설정하고 검증하였으며 경기도와 강원지역의 자동차 대리점에 근무하는 영업사원 300명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 회수된 유효 설문지 268부는 통계 프로그램 SPSS WIN24.0를 이용해 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과 자동차 영업사원의 개인역량의 요인으로 판매기술 전문성과 감성활용은 영업사원의 판매성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 태도 및 관계형성과 감정조절이 판매성과에 정(+)의 을 미칠 것이라는 가설은 기각되었다. 이와 같은 결과는 개인역량은 영업사원을 채용하는데 있어 고려해야할 중요한 요소임을 시사한다.

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