“…As we have argued that superiors' behavior affects salespeople's adoption, we consider it essential to control for charismatic, participative, and respectful leadership style (e.g., Mathieu et al 2007). Other control variables which we account for relate to the length of relationship between our interaction partners (Sallee and Flaherty 2003), span of control (number of persons a manager supervises), perceived adoption pressure (as opposed to adoption voluntariness; Moore and Benbasat 1991), computer self-efficacy (an individual's belief of capabilities to perform a specific task using a computer; Compeau and Higgins 1995), and sales experience (e.g., Speier and Venkatesh 2002).…”