Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Belschak, F.D. Author-Name-Last: Belschak Author-Name-First: Frank Author-Name: Verbeke, W.J.M.I. Author-Name-Last: Verbeke Author-Name-First: Willem Author-Name: Bagozzi, R.P. Author-Name-Last: Bagozzi Author-Name-First: Richard Title: Coping with Sales Call Anxiety and Its Effects on Protective Actions Abstract: We study how salespeople cope with sales call anxiety and find that two tactics ultimately reduce dysfunctional protective actions in selling interactions. That is, situation modification and attentional deployment both moderate the effects of felt physiological sensations and anxiety on protective actions. Creation-Date: 2004-01-20 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/1172/ERS%202004%20013%20MKT.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureri Number: ERS-2004-013-MKT Classification-JEL: C44, M, M31 Keywords: attentional deployment, coping, sales call anxiety, situation modification Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:1172