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Implicit Leadership Theories In The Performing Arts, Alison Gillespie
Implicit Leadership Theories In The Performing Arts, Alison Gillespie
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship
Within the performing arts industry, the social and financial consequences of leadership failure have proven costly. Additionally, the industry is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of standard operating procedures. Furthermore, leadership scholarship in the arts indicates that performing arts leaders are challenged by the need to balance artistry with administrative ability in their work (Secore, 2016).
As the performing arts industry endeavors to recover post-pandemic and to prevent future leadership failure, this study seeks to answer the question “what leadership expectations are held by those involved with the performing arts?” To answer this question, summative qualitative content analysis …