Survey of members of the Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators. From the 860 institutional members of the association in March 1983, 538 usable responses to this survey were received, a response rate of 63%

The author shows that with increasing output, differential levels of economy of scale in the various areas of arts expenditures may give rise to changing input mix and hence, to differential growth in the share of total expenditures going to the different areas.

The authors of this article researched compensation data available through the American Council for the Arts to ascertain whether or not disparities in pay existed among male and female arts administrators. Pay discrimination was found to exist in the arts administration profession. The ACA data support the premise that pay discrimination is a real issue that needs addressing.

Through their use of collective bargaining, the musicians of America's orchestras have made significant gains in almost all aspects of their employment. This paper attempts to explain through an examination of the history of the negotiation of orchestral contracts and the manner in which contracts are currently negotiated why orchestral musicians have been able to secure such dramatic improvements in their salaries and benefits.

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This book is intended to serve as a basic reference for any type of public relations activity, whether volunteer, part time, or full time.

This publication grew out of a need to look at the state of American contemporary opera and attempt to define some of its problems and to examine the forces that have presumably deterred the development of a vital indigenous opera in this country. We hope these articles, which range from the practical to the polemical, will provide fresh viewpoints and new approaches, ultimately serving as catalysts for change.

In his classic treatment of authority in organization, Chester I. Barnard directs attention to the persistent, stable and reproducible features of interaction in deliberately created social structures (Bernard, 1962). He focuses on the problematic features of compliance by organizational subordinates and, specifically, on the interpretive context in which directives from superiors are scrutinized, evaluated, and translated into appropriate behavior by members. In his formulation, communications are viewed as situated work contingencies: factors upon which the legitimation of authority

Survey of members of the Association of College, University and Community Arts Administrators. From the 953 institutional members of the association in March 1981, 421 usable responses to this survey were received, a response rate of 44%.

The professional stage actors' union, Actors' Equity Association (AEA), has struggled for sixteen years to protect its members who work without pay in New York's nonprofit Off Off Broadway theatres. The current focus of the struggle concerns whether actors in an Off Off Broadway (OOB) production of a new play have any rights in a subsequent commercial production of the play. This article analyzes the unique characteristics of the actors' unions, and looks at possible solutions to the Showcase Code problem.