The effect of service quality and salesperson performance on company saled performance mediated by relationship marketing at WOM finance Cibinong branch
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This study aims to analyze the effect of service quality and salesperson performance on company sales performance with relationship marketing as a mediating variable at PT WOM Finance Cibinong Branch. This study employed a quantitative approach involving 85 customers as respondents. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS 4. The results show that service quality has a positive and significant effect on company sales performance with p-values 0.000 < 0.05 and t-statistics 3.777 > 1.664. Salesperson performance does not have a significant effect on company sales performance with p-values 0.107 > 0.05 and t-statistics 1.610 < 1.664. Relationship marketing has a positive and significant effect on company sales performance with p-values 0.005 < 0.05 and t-statistics 2.820 > 1.664. Service quality does not have a significant effect on relationship marketing with p-values 0.099 > 0.05 and t-statistics 1.651 < 1.664. Salesperson performance has a positive and significant effect on relationship marketing with p-values 0.000 < 0.05 and t-statistics 13.461 > 1.664. In the indirect effect testing, relationship marketing does not mediate the effect of service quality on company sales performance with p-values 0.237 > 0.05 and t-statistics 1.183 < 1.664, whereas relationship marketing mediates the effect of salesperson performance on company sales performance with p-values 0.003 < 0.05 and t-statistics 2.980 > 1.664. These findings indicate that improving company sales performance at PT WOM Finance Cibinong Branch is more strongly influenced by service quality and relationship marketing, while salesperson performance becomes more effective in improving sales performance when it first strengthens relationship marketing
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