It's showtime: education, employment and health - an interpretative phenomenological analysis of performing artists DOI Open Access

Jennifer M. Farrell

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This study examines the educational journey and professional challenges faced by performing artists holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree. Utilizing an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology, research delves into lived experiences ten BFA holders in arts, exploring their motivations, career trajectories, impact education on personal lives. For purposes this study, term "performing artist" is limited to those with that specialize artistic discipline as dancers, singers, actors. The explores how degree prepares for multifaceted competitive landscape arts industry. highlights rigorous training grounding provided programs. Further, necessary skills navigate complexities employment, casting, sustainability sector. Moreover, reveals broader implications these health well-being artists, noting physical emotional strains inherent profession. findings suggest need institutions adapt curricula support systems. Additionally, underscores performers face - intense competition roles, subjective casting practices, economic instability, evolving nature industry influenced digital media social change. Through interplay between education, domain, recommendations future practice are suggested.--Author's abstract

Language: Английский

Entrepreneurial behaviour: The effects of the fear and anxiety of Covid-19 and business opportunity recognition DOI Creative Commons
Le Thi Thanh Loan,

Doung Cong Doanh,

Hà Ngọc Thắng

et al.

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(3), P. 7 - 23

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

Objective: The major objectives of the article were to explore effects fear and anxiety Covid-19 business opportunity recognition on start-up self-efficacy, entrepreneurial intention, behaviour, as well test intention-behaviour association. Research Design & Methods: study was performed by means an online survey questionnaire conducted 405 students at a Vietnamese university. developed based prior research. Structural equation modelling (SEM) utilised research model hypotheses. Findings: results illustrated that have negative impact self-efficacy while is strongly positively correlated with behaviour. In addition, intention found be most important antecedent predict actual behaviour whereas significantly mediates association between Implications Recommendations: offers practical contributions for both universities policymakers foster youths' activities manage outcome students' mental health. Contribution Value Added: This contributes entrepreneurship literature addressing notable gap when testing linkages Furthermore, finding confirms can decrease fosters activities.

Language: Английский

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Challenges and opportunities experienced by performing artists during COVID-19 lockdown: Scoping review DOI Creative Commons
Samantha K. Brooks, Sonny S. Patel

Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 100297 - 100297

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

This scoping review synthesises published literature on the experiences of professional and amateur performing artists during COVID-19 their perceptions challenges opportunities faced. Six electronic databases were searched for English-language articles containing primary data this topic; twenty-one studies reviewed. Themes included loss work, financial impact, concerns about future, psychological wellbeing, social connections, continuing creative pursuits, inequalities. Participants reported both detrimental effects lockdown such as anxiety sleep problems positive including reduced stress enjoyment having more free time. Most continued pursuits throughout lockdown, most commonly shifting to online platforms. However, many barriers reported, lack technological expertise or equipment. Concerns raised inequality, in particular racial disparities impact pandemic additional pressures faced by performers with disabilities; insufficient funds afford equipment needed shift remote performing; caring responsibilities. It is important that have access peer support; education digital technologies incorporated into future arts education; inequities are addressed ensure needs diverse communities met.

Language: Английский

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Arts Entrepreneurial Work in Changing Contexts DOI Creative Commons
Rachel Skaggs,

Molly Jo Burke,

Ke Guo

et al.

Artivate A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Jan. 12, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shifted the context of artistic and creative work, forcing individuals to adapt wide-reaching changes in way they operated both work life. Relying on interviews with data from 66 U.S.-based arts graduates, this article speaks needs sustaining life after first year pandemic. Interviewees related that their for a sustainable were primarily needed social physical distancing restrictions end, more time capacity be creative, monetary support. Ultimately, we argue changing required substantial entrepreneurial ability toward being adaptable, superseding creativity during Our findings reflect when entrepreneurs’ self-structured careers new or intensified effort non-arts aspects feelings of, for, may diminished.

Language: Английский

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A Theoretical Framework on Migrant Entrepreneurship DOI
Zhan Qu, Ling Deng,

Xueli Huang

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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None DOI Creative Commons
Michał Szostak

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(2)

Published: Dec. 1, 2021

Because personal identity is a crucial component forming an individual, the perception of key feature in work.As constant development work influences sustainability groups and societies.Due to gender differences many areas, research on impact factors creative individuals (like artist, creator, entrepreneur, leader, manager) may bring significant conclusions.Although factor widely present literature, there gap about individuals.A quantitative examination among international society representatives (n = 160) was undertaken fill this gap.The displays that male female perspectives identities are statistically similar.The hypotheses were confirmed using chi-square test independence (p < 0.001).The additional qualitative analysis reveals females, comparison males, see particular constituting each studied slightly more transparent as important: artist's by 1.73%, creator's 0.98%, entrepreneur's 2.23%, leader's 2.11%, manager's 1.15%.The results be used understand identities' male-or female-dominated groups, organizations, societies.The consequences for management entrepreneurship seen minor from general perspective.However, they essential efficiency cooperation: 1) There no evidence any should limited or preferred working with individuals; 2) slight difference indicating predispositions identities; 3) Particular features underrated overrated males females can determine decisions.The conclusions novelty compared describing areas human activities regarding gender.

Language: Английский

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CREATIVITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE AESTHETICAL SITUATION REGARDING THE IN-REAL OR DIGITAL FORM OF PARTICIPATION IN ARTS: ART RECEIVERS’ PERSPECTIVE DOI Creative Commons
Michał Szostak, Łukasz Sułkowski

Creativity Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 41 - 58

Published: Jan. 26, 2024

Because digitalisation of the aesthetical experience, a process speeded up by not-yet-finished COVID-19 pandemic, should be considered in context growth or loss artistry/creativity, this paper aims to assess influence participation form situation receivers on level artistry/creativity potential loss. Assessment quality each five types arts (musical arts, performing literary audio-visual visual arts) was done using same ten criteria for type art: satisfaction, pleasure, engagement, possibility experiencing catharsis, contact with artwork itself, performer comfort participation, possibilities shaping own motivation participate, easiness participation. The literature review run NVivo Pro software. Data analysis (n = 221) executed IBM SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Answering research hypotheses: H1) digital determines receivers; H2) art shapes differently: musical in-real gives higher than participation; lower results may helpful for: creators wanting choose optimal way distributing their artworks; managers better understand receivers’ perspectives opinion about real digitally; compare private ways general receivers.

Language: Английский

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Understanding changes to perceived socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities during COVID-19 for UK freelance cultural workers DOI Creative Commons
Katey Warran, Tom May, Daisy Fancourt

et al.

Cultural Trends, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(5), P. 449 - 473

Published: May 30, 2022

There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there lack socioeconomic and psychosocial adversities may changed or evolved, these changes perceived subjectively experienced by freelance workers. This study builds on interviews carried out July–November 2020 (n = 20) findings from follow-up conducted May–July 2021 16). It presents an inequality experiences connected to range factors, showing some small (e.g. kind work out), with others experiencing major leaving sector completely). concludes call for highly bespoke financial psychological support, as well need rethink what value this workforce "new normal", considering changing valuing processes.

Language: Английский

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How small printing firms alleviate impact of pandemic crisis? Identifying configurations of successful strategies with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis DOI Creative Commons
Marcin Suder, Rafał Kusa, Joanna Duda

et al.

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 61 - 80

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

Objective: The objective of this article is to identify strategies that can help small firms alleviate the negative impact Covid-19 crisis.We tested six (namely, entrepreneurial, market penetration, development, product diversification, and cooperation).In particular, we identified combinations these may lead performance during current pandemic crisis.Research Design & Methods: This a quantitative study uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA).We compared are specific for three conditions; namely, non-crisis, initial phase crisis, advanced crisis.The research sample consisted 150 printing enterprises operating across Poland.Findings: Our findings show firm crises differ from those non-crisis conditions.Specifically, presence diversification strategy together with absence market-penetration along market-development, product-development an increase in before crisis.During entrepreneurial or accompanied by performance.During set market-penetration, cooperation performance.The most common strategies; present under all conditions.Implications Recommendations: confirms role firm's strategy.This exposes necessity adapting changing conditions.In indicates which their enable crisis.These observations have meaningful managerial implications entrepreneurs regarding crisis possible future crises. Contribution Value Added:The contribute literature on response crisis.In mitigate crisis.This implemented fsQCA methodology mitigation crisis.

Language: Английский

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None DOI Creative Commons
Michał Szostak

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 9(4)

Published: June 1, 2022

The digitalisation of the aesthetic experience affects level artistry and creativity transfer by artwork quality participation in arts.Due to cultural differences between Poles other countries' citizens perception qualities, this study assesses effect form (in-real or digital) situation receivers on potential.The five arts types (musical, performing, literary, audio-visual, visual) was assessed using ten criteria.Data analysis, based a worldwide sample (38 countries, n = 221).The determines differently Polish non-Polish receivers.Furthermore, there are noteworthy variances among art particular forms arts.The outcomes may interest: creators looking for optimal way delivering artworks from Poland countries; managers marketers deeper understanding receivers' viewpoints their preferences about in-real digitally; compare judgement ways with receivers.The first attempt literature assessing regarding societies.

Language: Английский

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PERCEPTION OF CREATIVE IDENTITIES BY ARTISTIC AND NON-ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALS: CONSEQUENCES FOR MANAGEMENT DOI Creative Commons
Michał Szostak

Creativity Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(1), P. 1 - 25

Published: Jan. 6, 2023

The interdisciplinary research on the perception of creative identities like artists, creators,entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers brings substantial conclusions for understanding way thinking, internal features, motivations decisions individuals with without artistic factor. For this purpose, an international quantitative examination 160 was undertaken. exhibited that identity perceive creators, entrepreneurs, statistically similar (chi-square test independence used, p < 0.001). negative verification hypotheses astonishing a novelty in investigated area. should be seen as potential existing each individual. additional qualitative analysis 50 features constituting revealed see particular these slightly differently (the most important, least equally perceived were described detail). outcomes discussed literature subject, confirming other researchers’ theses revealing some contradictions can used to understand qualities by individuals, groups, societies dominated persons factors. applicability results is broad, mainly due role artistry today’s world laying every Specific triggers catalyzed instead looking artist-born individuals. education process artists focus underlining inspiration, discovering motifs activity.

Language: Английский

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