The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of customers’ communication styles and salespeople’s influence tactics on the influence effectiveness. An survey research with questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data in Vietnam to test the proposed research framework. People in Vietnam responded to the survey during May of 2017, to June 25, 2017. Among the 500 questionnaires issued, there were 318 valid responses, forming effective response rate of 63.6% percent. The results showed that the salespeople adopt different influence tactics according to customers’ communication styles. The influence tactics adopted by salespeople will lead to different influence effectiveness. We also found that the customers’ communication styles will lead to different influence effectiveness. The results of this study provide important values and implications for both theoretical researchers and managers. Keywords: customer communication style, salespeople’s influence tactics, effectiveness of salespeople’s influence tactics
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of customers’ communication styles and salespeople’s influence tactics on the influence effectiveness. An survey research with questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data in Vietnam to test the proposed research framework. People in Vietnam responded to the survey during May of 2017, to June 25, 2017. Among the 500 questionnaires issued, there were 318 valid responses, forming effective response rate of 63.6% percent. The results showed that the salespeople adopt different influence tactics according to customers’ communication styles. The influence tactics adopted by salespeople will lead to different influence effectiveness. We also found that the customers’ communication styles will lead to different influence effectiveness. The results of this study provide important values and implications for both theoretical researchers and managers. Keywords: customer communication style, salespeople’s influence tactics, effectiveness of salespeople’s influence tactics