This section has research that examines how organisations have successfully dealt with organisational change, how they have coped with shocks, and how they can adapt to new business models and funding sources.
The summaries in this category are:
Styles of intelligence and global leadership in the arts
This research was conducted by Kate Preston Keeney and Yuha Jung at the College of Charleston and the University of Kentucky, USA.
Summary
This paper reports an analysis of job description data for senior-level arts leaders in the US to find evidence of three emerging global leadership competencies: emotional, cultural, and …
Artists can be public sector intrapreneurs
This research was conducted by Jessica Sherrod Hale and Joanna Woronkowicz at Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Summary
Artistic residencies are one way in which organisations can bring about fresh thinking and innovation. This paper describes the results of an experiment which tested whether ‘artists act as intrapreneurs’ by ‘solving a novel, …
Jazz music in England has a gender problem
This research was conducted by Siobhan McAndrew and Paul Widdop at the University of Bristol and Leeds Beckett University
Summary
Surveys of adults in England show that women are less likely than men to attend jazz concerts – there is a larger gender gap for jazz than for rock concerts. By …
Explaining leadership reluctance in the cultural sector
This research was conducted by Kim Goodwin at the University of Melbourne, Australia
Summary
The study is based on 41 interviews with Australian arts and cultural practitioners. The research centres on nine emerging leaders: people who were recognised by their peers as having leadership potential, having spent at least five years …
The factors that make local museums more vulnerable to funding cuts
This research was conducted by Bethany Rex at Newcastle University
Summary
This paper examined why – in the face of government cutbacks – some museums ‘retain funding and status as part of direct public provision while others are identified to be transferred to community groups via the asset transfer process’. It …
How ownership status and organisation structure can affect museum performance
This research was conducted by Enrico E. Bertacchini, Chiara Dalle Nogare and Raffaele Scuderi at the University of Turin and two other institutions in Italy
Summary
This research specifically examined ‘the effectiveness of museums in their provision of public services’ against four criteria (accessibility, friendliness, visibility, and connection to locality). The …
Measuring the ‘quality’ of symphony orchestra repertoires
This research was conducted by Mafalda Gómez‐Vega and Luis César Herrero‐Prieto at Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Summary
This paper analysed the repertoire of 20 Spanish symphony orchestras between 2014 and 2017 using three measures of ‘quality’: contemporaneity, most well-known composers and conventionality. The researchers found that there were two ‘programming strategies, …
The challenges of guest conductor-musicians relationship in symphony orchestras
This research was conduced by Dmitry Khodyakov at the RAND Graduate School, USA.
Summary
This paper focuses on orchestral musicians’ perspective of the role of guest conductors and how they manage the power relations between them and the musicians in a short period of time. The methodology consisted of 18 one-to-one …
The potential of 'performance arts' to support change management
This research was conducted by Tracy Harwood and Sophy Smith at De Montford University, UK
Summary
This paper reports on a novel approach to supporting creativity and change management at a plant breeding and seed packing company in the UK through a devised 'performance arts' initiative. The case study explores the …
The consequences of focusing on charismatic leadership in the arts
This research was conducted by Melissa Nisbett and Ben Walmsley at at King’s College London and the University of Leeds, UK.
Summary
This study sets out to assess the role of charisma in cultural leadership, noting that the arts sector seems to be particularly invested in individuals perceived to be inspirational …