Analysis of empathic effects on the effective performance of the commercial sector seller

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José Joel Toaza-Caisaguano
Edwin Gonzalo Yugcha-Aysabucha
Manuel Roberto Soria-Carillo

Abstract

Emerging competition in today's commercial markets requires increased efforts by business vendors. In many cases, the sales process is affected by the empathetic effects caused by the seller, which has caused the loss of customers. The objective of the investigation was to measure the empathy in the effective performance of the seller of the commercial sector of Ecuador. The qualitative method allowed to propose the construct and evaluation instrument. The quantitative method was applied to measure the degree of empathy of the sellers. The study is correlational, since the relationship of empathic effects on seller performance was validated using the theoretical model and Spearman's Rho statistic. The study sample was sixty (60) vendors from the Ecuadorian commercial sector who provided key information for the development of the research. The main result obtained is that the sellers are at a medium level of empathy. It is concluded that women tend to empathize better in sales. However, they present difficulties in skills competition. However, they have positive attitudes in the sales process.

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Toaza, J., Yugcha, E., & Soria, M. (2020). Analysis of empathic effects on the effective performance of the commercial sector seller. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT | ISSN 2588-0705, 5(6), 53-65. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2020.6.354
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José Joel Toaza-Caisaguano, Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Ecuador

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Joel Toaza is currently a graduate of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the Technical University of Ambato. belongs to the group of high achieving students

 

Edwin Gonzalo Yugcha-Aysabucha, Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Ecuador

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Edwin Yugcha is currently a graduate of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the Technical University of Ambato. belongs to the group of high achieving students

Manuel Roberto Soria-Carillo, Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Ecuador

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Roberto Soria is currently a professor at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences at the Technical University of Ambato. He has a Master's degree in international commerce and negotiation from the Equinoctial Technological University

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