ABSTRACT
Among managers, the notion of the arts as vocation persists. The widespread PERCEPTION IS THATBY CHOOSING TOWORK INANARTSORGANIZATION RATHER THANANOFlCE factory or shop, for example, employees are outside the rules and limitations of the ordinary milieu – the arts are different and therefore exempt from normal rules and REGULATIONS(OWEVERTHERESEARCHFOUNDTHATMANYASPECTSOFWORKINGINTHEPERFORMING arts are not peculiar to the profession; they occur in other employment sectors and are MORELIKELYTOBECHARACTERISTICOFTHETIMESINWHICHWELIVETHANSPECIlCTOTHESECTOR INWHICHWEWORK)NASSESSINGWORKPLACESTRESSORSITISTHERESPONSEOFTHEORGANIZATION in coexistence with the individual response, which determines negative stress levels.
