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A note on the relationship between age and sales effectiveness

Kirchner, Wayne K., McElwain, Carolyn S., Dunnette, Marvin D.

Journal of Applied Psychology · 1959 · Volume 44 · Issue 2

DOI: 10.1037/h0044695

Abstract

Manager's rankings of 539 salesmen converted into a stanine distribution and compared with chronological age showed that sales effectiveness increases until about 40 and then starts to decrease after that age. Even so, many older salesmen received high ratings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

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