Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Labor Relations

Mixed Messages From Philadelphia

Thu, Jul 7, 2004
by Drew McManus
Let’s try an exercise in understanding today; we’re going to walk a mile in another man’s shoes. Imagine: You’re a middle manager at a fictional company we’ll call Widget-Tech. Widget-Tech is a business with under 100 employees and has recently had a couple of bad years. The big bosses at Widget-Tech have put together a
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The Money Drug

Thu, Mar 3, 2004
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 134
“orchestra musicians’ internal motivation is higher than any of the other groups studied, but their level of general job satisfaction is quite low below that of federal prison guards, in fact, and far below that of members of professional string quartets.” –  From a 1994 study by Jutta Allmendinger, Richard Hackman, and Erin V. Lehman.
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