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Employee Onboarding, Development, and Retention In Theatre
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-7605
Abstract
This paper examines the Human Resource concepts of Employee Onboarding, Development, and Retention as they relate to the theater. Through an examination of current market research, scholarly sources, and an original qualitative survey this study sheds light on the lack of writing, research, and strong professional practice in these areas of Human Resources and attempts to answer the following questions: What role does HR play in regards to Employee Onboarding, Development and Retention in the theater? What practices are lacking in these areas? What HR practices do theater professionals feel are important to their work? This study concludes that many of your standard HR practices such as monitoring employee behavior, attendance, adherence to rules, even incident reporting, safety protocols, and emergency procedures all exist but are handle by Stage Managers and not Human Resource professionals. This study also concludes that theatre professionals find an organization's reputation, the content produced, and the organization's culture as key reasons for continued employment at any given theater.
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- Title
- Employee Onboarding, Development, and Retention In Theatre
- Creators
- Carlos Diaz - DU
- Contributors
- Neville Vakharia (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 32 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts Administration; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 7605; 991014632066404721