Why people think it’s okay to exploit arts workers
New research indicates we place different expectations on those who are passionate about their jobs. Gemma Tipton explores the ‘doing more for less’ mentality affecting the sector.
‘Passionate about your work? Find something you love to do, then find someone to pay you to do it: growing up, I was encouraged to think that way. After all, our working world shapes our lives – so why do something you’re not passionate about?
More recently, conversations with colleagues, particularly those in the arts, are revealing increasing levels of stress at the sheer scale of what is being demanded of them. This has nothing to do with the strains of social media, or the 24-hour lifestyle unleashed by the internet. Instead, as a new study from a team at Duke University, to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, reveals: people see it as acceptable to exploit those who are passionate about what they do.’ … Keep reading on The Irish Times
‘Passionate about your work? Find something you love to do, then find someone to pay you to do it: growing up, I was encouraged to think that way. After all, our working world shapes our lives – so why do something you’re not passionate about?
More recently, conversations with colleagues, particularly those in the arts, are revealing increasing levels of stress at the sheer scale of what is being demanded of them. This has nothing to do with the strains of social media, or the 24-hour lifestyle unleashed by the internet. Instead, as a new study from a team at Duke University, to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, reveals: people see it as acceptable to exploit those who are passionate about what they do.’ … Keep reading on The Irish Times