Thesis
The manifestation of burnout in theatre arts administrators
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Dec 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-11350
Abstract
Burnout is a mental and physical phenomenon caused by work-related stressors that can be aggravated or subsided by a person's environment or personality. The causes and effects of burnout have been heavily studied in a variety of occupations, though the arts have historically been excluded from the conversation. This study uses the history of burnout methodology to examine how burnout manifests in theatre arts administrators through one-on-one in person interviews conducted over a series of months with 10 Greater Philadelphia Area professionals. Care was made to assure that the 10 interviewees varied in roles and locations within the organizational hierarchy of their organizations. The study found that these 10 theatre arts administrators exhibited symptoms of burnout similar to the symptoms exhibited by those studied in the empirical burnout research. It was also revealed that these artist's environments, like the environments of the empirical research subjects, affected their tendency to experience burnout. Further analysis with new subjects is needed if these findings are to be made generalizable for the greater arts administration public.
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- Title
- The manifestation of burnout in theatre arts administrators
- Creators
- Michal Kortsarts - DU
- Contributors
- Julie Goodman (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)Pamela Yau (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- 72 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
- 11350; 991014632676704721