Managerial coaching and sales performance: the influence of salesforce approaches and organisational demands

Joana Coimbra and Teresa Proença

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2022, vol. 72, issue 10, 3076-3094

Abstract: Purpose - This study intends to understand if managerial coaching, a sustainable competitive strategy, has an impact on sales performance, through customer and results orientation of the salesforce. It also aims to investigate whether pressure for results, one of the predominant demands in organizations today, and the centralisation of decisions, a traditional management demand still present in several organizations, undermine the effect of coaching on performance. Design/methodology/approach - The 167 responses collected, through the distribution of questionnaires among workers in the commercial area, were analysed through a structural equation model using the partial least square (PLS) technique. Findings - The results of this study confirm that managerial coaching has a positive impact on sales force performance through customer and results orientation, with customer orientation having a greater impact on performance. It was also found that centralised decision-making and pressure for results do not undermine the relationship between managerial coaching and performance, and they even reinforce the positive impact of results orientation on performance. Practical implications - Managerial coaching practices can impact sales, especially when associated with customer orientation, freeing employees from the pressure for results and the centralisation demands. This scenario favours a more sustainable and emancipatory sales force management. Originality/value - This study is the first to integrate organizational demands, namely pressure for results and centralisation, to better understand the effect of managerial coaching on sales performance, through customer and results orientation, thereby extending previous research on this topic.

Keywords: Managerial coaching; Centralized decision-making; Pressure for results; Customer orientation; Results orientation; Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-10-2021-0620

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