Creative Employment Research Articles

The Paradigm of Creative Class in a Global Milieu

This paper discusses the creative class as a new layer of contemporary society that drives entrepreneurship, innovation and dynamism of economy. Current social and economic transformations are caused by new factors which affect the emergence of creative class. The potential of creative professionals has become one of the major means of the national development as it contributes to maximizing welfare, enriches consumption and improves standards of living. Creative class is a strategic input for companies and government agencies looking for more effective communication and new ways to stand out. The purpose of this study is aimed at the in-depth clarifying and summarizing of the theoretical background about creative class in a global milieu, including its specific lifestyle, and how it relates to other concept such as creative employment. The underlying argument is that creativity is one of the constructs of those skills, knowledge and abilities required by the modern labor market in the face of globalization challenges. The presented findings of the paper include a more holistic approach to identifying a range of determinants and metrics important for the successful promotion of creative employment. In light of these findings, the article concludes with discussing the rise of creative class in a global scale.

Creative employment as a modern resource of socio-economic recovery of Ukraine

The article's main idea is to substantiate the importance of creative employment for Ukraine's socio-economic recovery. Human capital, its creative element, can accelerate the transformation of a raw economy with its export orientation into a new economy dominated by technology and technologies inherent in Industry 4.0. The use of methods of dialectical analysis, synthesis, generalization, systemic, strategic, and process approaches, and techniques of abstraction made it possible to reveal the high potential of creative employment for preserving existing jobs and generating new jobs, making it attractive to investors. The systematization of the thoughts and work of domestic and foreign scientists regarding the content of creative employment is of theoretical and practical importance. In accordance with the defined goals and objectives, the conceptual principles of "narrow" and "broad" approaches to the content of creative employment are summarized and deepened. It was found that, according to the "narrow" approach, creative workers are mainly people of art and creative professions, people employed in the media industry, and specialists in the field of information systems and technologies, for which individual work is characteristic. According to the author's position, in accordance with the "broad" approach, creative employment takes place in all branches and spheres that produce material, cultural, and spiritual goods, as well as in management activities. This concept not only brings new knowledge to socioeconomics but also has practical significance for determining the scope of creative employment and evaluating state social and economic policy. The study concluded that creative employment is not an artificial phenomenon detached from technical and social progress. Its development is connected primarily with the increase in the economy's and the social and humanitarian sphere's need for innovative developments, which are subsequently commercialized. According to the author, new industrial relations are formed on this basis, which are gradually transformed into partnership ones.

Investigation and Analysis on the Interactions Between Mathematics Literacy Skills Using Mathematical Modeling

This study investigated and analyzed the interactions between mathematics literacy skills using mathematical modeling. The study used an ASMD model to represent the population of individuals who have skills on addition (A), subtraction (S), multiplication (M) and division (D). The objectives achieved were that the recruitment parameter and coefficient of leaving any compartments significantly influence the system based on the free-equilibrium analysis of mathematics literacy skills. The study showed that system has direct and indirect dynamics in the three states: subtraction, multiplication and division. It also revealed that addition skill is easier to learn than others. Subtraction and multiplication do not interact and have no inter coefficient. The system showcased that good number of individuals are not efficient and effective in the utilization of these skills from the endemic equilibrium of the model showed that E<sub>n</sub>>1 (asymptotically unstable). Finally, this study discovered that these elementary skills in mathematics is fundamental to learners, educated and uneducated, support continued inclusive, workable economic growth, full creative employment, decent work and improve academic performance for all at all levels and in the world at large. The study recommends that curriculum planners should give more time to study these skills thoroughly say one academic session, discourage the use of calculator at early stage, student and teacher factors should be taken into considerations and so on.

The role of bipolar disorder and family wealth in choosing creative occupations

Research in psychology and medicine has linked mental health disorders, and particularly bipolar disorder (BD), to employment in creative professions. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms for this link, which could be due to biology (primarily through a person’s genes) or environmental (through socioeconomic status). Using administrative data on mental health diagnoses and occupations for the population of Denmark, we find that people with BD are more likely to be musicians than the population, but less likely to hold other creative jobs. Yet, we also show that healthy siblings of people with BD are significantly more likely to work in creative professions. Notably, people from wealthy families are consistently more likely to work in creative professions, and access to family wealth amplifies the likelihood that siblings of people with BD pursue creative occupations. Nevertheless, family wealth explains only a small share of the correlation between BD and creative employment.

A creative gift economy: pre-pandemic creative systems examined through a study of regional creative industries in Australia

Australia’s creative industries and the impact COVID-19 had on cultural, employment and economic outputs is examined through the themes creative systems, creative migration, cultural volunteering and cultural tourism. Using a Creative System/Ecosystem theoretical framework, this research takes a retrospective view through data collected during the ‘old normal’ that was pre-pandemic Australia and presents findings on creative and cultural activities occurring in seven statistically determined creative hotspots. These findings are reviewed against the COVID-19 economic stimulus packages created by Australian Federal and State Governments. The research takes a deep dive into the precarious nature of creative employment and migration, cultural volunteering and tourism, through an investigation of Australia’s regional creative economies and points to the existence of a gift economy that sustains many activities that are essential to the Creative Industries.

Cultural and Creative Employment Across Italian Regions

Cultural and Creative Employment Across Italian Regions

The four worlds of creative employees: the role of education level and job-education match

ABSTRACTCreative industries have been perceived by policymakers as a promising driver of socio-economic development and a sector of talent concentration in many countries. However, studies of creative employment are relatively scarce, especially those regarding developing and transition economies. This paper explores the heterogeneity of the creative workforce by providing the first multifaceted analysis of its employment, educational and localization characteristics in 2017–2021 based on data from the Russian Labor Force Survey. The results demonstrate that substantial growth in creative employment was mainly due to the increase in the number of IT, marketing and public relations professionals. Four patterns of employment by education level and job-education match were identified – the post-industrial creative class, the cultural class, and artistic and traditional crafts – which differ by sociodemographic and employment characteristics. Finally, the study provides evidence that creative employment is concentrated predominantly in regions with city populations of over one million.

The effect of a visual arts and exercise program on communication and social skills of students with autism spectrum disorders

PurposeIndividuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present challenges in their social and communication skills such as difficulties in developing interpersonal relationships and verbal and nonverbal communication; repetitive and restricted behaviors concerning resistance to environmental change, stereotyped movements and unusual reactions to sensory stimuli; and significant delays in motor development and performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a combined visual arts and exercise program on the communication and social behavior skills of people with ASD.Design/methodology/approachThe research was conducted in a Creative Employment Center of People with Disabilities, and the sample consisted of 18 participants with ASD divided randomly into a control group (CG) (n = 8) and an experiment group (EG) (n = 10). The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) was used prior and after the implementation of the intervention program. EG participants attended an intervention program, whereas CG individuals followed their daily routine activities, and they only completed the SCQ prior and after the program.FindingsEG demonstrated statically significant improvements in communication skills and social behavior, compared to the results of the CG. Furthermore, participants with Asperger’s syndrome showed a higher improvement rate compared to participants with autism, while no statistically significant differences were noticed concerning gender and age of the participants.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to investigate the effect of a combined visual arts and adapted physical activity program on the social and communication skills of people with ASD.

The Paradox of Creative Work: Exploring Autonomy and Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries

This article investigates the notion of the "creative worker" in the context of the cultural and creative industries. It examines the positive aspects of creative employment, such as autonomy, self-expression, and a dynamic workplace. Nevertheless, it highlights the paradoxical nature of creative work, in which employees frequently confront precarious and exploitative conditions. The article discusses the disparities creative workers face, including the prevalence of insecure and project-based contracts, mental health issues, and gender, ethnicity, and class disparities. Using empirical evidence and scholarly debates, this article challenges the notion of a meritocratic creative economy and raises concerns about the systemic barriers marginalised groups encounter. It provides a comprehensive examination of the realities and complexities of working in the creative industries.

The Creative Employment in the Context of Structural Transformations

The article is devoted to the study of creative employment in the context of digital technology development. The study aims to identify the problems of creative employment and develop the prospects for stimulating the growth of creative employment in the context of digitization. The study conducted a critical literary analysis of the concept of creative employment and its components to achieve this purpose. The research concluded that creative employment includes work in the cultural sector and the whole range of innovative activities. The application of statistical analysis methods made it possible to estimate global creative employment, dynamics, and structure today. IT and media are nowadays the core sectors in the formation of creative employment, and they form the many job vacancies of the big companies. At the same time, creative employment can be realized independently. The analysis results showed that the digital sphere of creativity is the most promising today and in the future. Virtual reality, piece intelligence, and Blockchain are recognized as the future technologies as essential components of the IT sector. The combination of e-commerce together with traditional ones allows bringing the whole cultural creative potential to a new level, providing an increase in employment. At the same time, an essential aspect of getting a job is the creative potential of an individual and digital competencies. With this purpose, the suggestions on increasing employment levels by stimulating small businesses and entrepreneurship in the creative industry are developed.

Investigating overall health and life quality of patients undergoing dialysis in chronic dialysis units

Background: Dialysis patients experience intense psychological and emotional changes and symptoms that affect their daily quality of life. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the overall health and life quality of patients undergoing dialysis. Methods and Material: This cross-sectional study involves 49 patients undergoing dialysis, during June and August of 2019 in the hemodialysis units in Athens. Intentional sampling was used as the sampling method and the research tool was the questionnaire (KDQOL-SF ™ –2009). IBMSPSS 25.0 was used for data analysis. Frequency distributions were calculated, 95% confidence intervals with bootstrap techniques, while the non-parametric rho-Spearman correlation coefficients of the KDQOL-SF subscales were also calculated and followed by multiple linear regressions of the Total Health Scale that determine the quality of life. Results: The most important and positive findings regarding the quality of life of the participants were the social support the patients received 57.1%, the encouragement from the staff of the nephrology department 44.9%, the cognitive function 82.4%, and patients satisfaction 84.3%, while work status 16.3%, pain 64,4%, sexual function 37%, the physical function 58.8%, scored the worst results. Scores representing the emotional well-being of the patient, a value closely related to the quality of life, were moderate. Conclusions: The present study shows the need for intervention planning for patients with ongoing monitoring, as well as creative employment and work programs to achieve an improvement in their overall health and quality of life.

Creators' Income Situation in the Digital Age

The digital transformation imposes both opportunities and risks for creativity and for creative employment, with implications for trends in income levels and the distribution of income. First, we consider skill-biased technological change as a determinant of income and labor market outcomes in the arts. Arguably, the IT revolution has changed the demand for certain skills, with creative occupations being more in demand than general employment. Second, we consider declines in the costs of generating new works and artistic experimentation due to digital technologies, and their effect on the barriers to entry in labor markets. Third, we touch upon the rise of online contract labor in certain creative professions as a determinant of income. Here, online platforms can change creators’ access to work opportunities and it may alter the way income is distributed. We find that wage trends for creative workers in the digital age outperform general trends in the population: based on various data sources and various ways to identify creators, we see creators losing less or even gaining a better income position in relative terms. From a policy perspective, results do not lend support to the idea that creators’ income situation has systematically worsened with the rise of the internet and its intermediaries. Evidence on changing distributions of income is ambiguous as trends differ from one country to the next.

The Creative Employment in the Context of Structural Transformations

The article is devoted to studying creative employment in the context of digital technology development. The study aims to identify the problems of creative employment and develop the prospects for stimulating the growth of creative employment in the context of digitization. The study conducted a critical literary analysis of the concept of creating employment and its components to achieve this purpose. The research concluded that creative employment includes work in the cultural sector and a range of innovative activities. The application of statistical analysis methods made it possible to estimate global creative employment, dynamics, and structure today. IT and media are the core sectors in the formation of creative employment, and they form the many job vacancies of the big companies. At the same time, creative employment can be realized independently. The analysis showed that the digital sphere of creativity is the most promising today and in the future. Virtual reality, piece intelligence, and Blockchain are recognized as the future technologies as essential components of the IT sector. The combination of e-commerce together with traditional ones allows bringing the whole cultural creative potential to a new level, providing an increase in employment. At the same time, an essential aspect of getting a job is the creative potential of an individual and digital competencies. With this purpose, suggestions for increasing employment levels by stimulating small businesses and entrepreneurship in the creative industry are developed.

Perencanaan Strategi Pemulihan Ekonomi Berkelanjutan Pada Masa New Normal Di Kota Surabaya

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the economy in the cityof Surabaya, especially in the fields of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises andthe creative industry, tourism, and employment. The City of Surabaya. By usingSWOT analysis, it can be concluded that although the economic growth of the Cityof Surabaya during the Covid-19 pandemic has decreased, the economic growthin the City of Surabaya is still positive and always above the national and EastJava economic growth and improved the economy after the covid pandemic. Theseinclude empowering MSMEs, integrating tourist destinations, both natural tourism,populist-based history, and religion, improving the quality of the workforce to suitthe company's needs, and so on.

Onstage and Behind the Scenes: Autistic Performance and Advocacy

For many autistic performers in arts and entertainment, the stage can be an important site of self-advocacy and creative expression. Whereas everyday social interactions may be unpredictable, being onstage can allow autistic performers to work from a script and anticipate audience responses. This article explores the affordances and challenges of performance for young autistic adults in Canada through interviews with four autistic performers (two singers and two stand-up comics). While solo performance was the focus, participants discussed the creative employment of diverse media platforms, from the stage to screenwriting and children’s books, and emphasized the need for autistic people to be involved in all creative realms. This research follows a Critical Disability Studies (CDS) framework which challenges deficit models of autism (McGuire, 2016), “supercrip” tropes (Clare, 2015, p. 2), and narratives of overcoming autism (Cheng, 2017). While one participant noted being uncomfortable with the sense that they were a source of inspiration for non-autistic audiences, each found it encouraging that autistic audiences relate to their work and might be motivated to participate in similar forms of self-advocacy; in particular, they noted the value of performance in building confidence. As previous CDS literature is wary of disability as spectacle (Darke, 1994), this research provides insight into how young autistic adults use their work onstage and behind the scenes to promote and perform self-advocacy.

Récit Music: Musical community in the information age

This article delineates a metaphysical concept, musical community, and considers its implications for material practices in the art world. It describes ways in which two theoretically distant categories of art music, namely, electroacoustic music and the concert-hall tradition, may converge given the emergent societal and technological shifts in the information age. The concepts of ‘networks’ and ‘reciprocity’, as developed by sociologists Manuel Castells and Marcel Mauss, respectively, constitute the theoretical lens for this analysis, which sees a number of musicological notions, including ‘musical society’ and ‘acousmatics’ reconsidered philosophically. Emphasis is placed, in lieu of the insular methodologies associated with the akousmatikoi, on broader Pythagorean society, its mythical links with present-day musical society, which are explored in relation to practical as well as structural proclivities permeating contemporary art music. These philosophical considerations are then used, so as to provide a general theory of récit music, a musical form designed by the author enabling creative employment of the impasses introduced in the information age. Finally, different reciprocities of the form with contemporary and traditional compositional philosophies are discussed, serving as an overview of the various theoretical and formal facets of récit music as methodology, approached in terms of three propositions.

Cultural Labor as the core subject for cultural policy

The article hypothesizes the necessity to assess the potential of "cultural labor" - the social role of cultural workers, their needs, and the economic potential of creative employment to update approaches to cultural policy. The economic potential of culture directly depends on the subjectivity of artists, on the regulation of organizational and economic features of cultural space as an economic entity, the effectiveness of which should be reflected and maintained in the priorities of cultural policy. The definition of strategy and appropriate tactical actions are expected to maintain an effective balance between cultural value and economic potential, not contrasting, but combining these characteristics for the common good of society. The article considers the subjectivity of artists, as well as the methodology of cultural labor research, probable causes and definite inconsistencies in the analysis of cultural space (and cultural labor) in theoretical research in cultural studies, sociology of culture and economic theory. Based on the fact that "cultural labor" is an interdisciplinary category by definition, the article presents both theoretical developments in the methodology of its research and practical context. Crucial for understanding of cultural labor is the changing subjectivity of cultural worker, which focuses on the protection of labor rights, participation in political and social movements, etc. However, the changes in social perception for artistic subjectivity remain equally important to disclose.

Toward a nuanced understanding of musicians’ professional learning pathways: What does critical reflection contribute?

Making sense of musicians’ professional learning pathways is of crucial importance to understanding their career progressions, their routes into creative employment, and the relevance of various policies to their professional lives. However, this is a far cry from understanding how critical reflection catalyzes diverse learning routes, especially when considering evidence originating from postgraduate musicians’ own accounts of their journeys into job creation. In this study, we invited five postgraduate classical musicians who were invested in professional learning through performance programs in higher education to contribute these types of personal perspectives. The article explores the value of postgraduate musicians’ own accounts of their journeys and illustrates how a more nuanced understanding of them can be arrived at through the use of visual-based tools, for example, Rivers of Musical Experience and Dixit Cards. This constructivist intervention prompted both group and individual critical reflections, as well as sense-making processes that enabled the participants to become more informed about the (typically overlooked or neglected) critical incidents that differently catalyze professional learning pathways. All of the participants articulated sociocultural influences that were situated along historical, present, and future points of departure and arrival, helping them to create meaning and understanding of themselves and their (at times unsettling) professional learning pathways. From the ensuing thematic analyses, we identified a commonality of themes across life phases with three key influential groups of people (parents, peers, and professionals) that strongly affected their professional learning pathways and learner identity-construction. The results indicate that the relationships between these phases and people are complex. The research illuminates the previously unexplored connection between the meaning-making trajectories that are instantiated through critical reflection, and adds to our understanding of the development of musicians’ professional learning pathways and learner identities.

O21 Food Security Enhancement Strategies Used by Abruptly Unemployed Health Care Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic

<h3>Background</h3> The pandemic-related unemployment spike placed middle income households at higher risk of food insecurity. Suspension of all elective surgical procedures and delays in processing of unemployment claims resulted in many Kentucky health care personnel abruptly experiencing financial uncertainty. <h3>Objective</h3> We explored the experience of abrupt food insecurity in households with at least 1 unemployed health care provider and identified strategies used to provide nutrition for household members during the pandemic. The Theory of Planned Behavior's perceived behavioral control construct was used to guide analysis. <h3>Study Design, Setting, Participants</h3> In November 2020, virtual semi-structured interviews via Microsoft Teams or telephone were conducted with nurses and nurse practitioners (n = 8) who were recruited via print advertisement in the state board of nursing's quarterly publication. Inclusion criteria included unemployment specifically in response to COVID pandemic restrictions on hospital procedures during March-June of 2020. Each interview lasted 45-60 minutes and participants received reimbursement for their time. <h3>Measurable Outcome/Analysis</h3> NVivo software was used to analyze themes. Two qualitative nurse researchers used the Spiegelberg 3-step process of intuiting, analyzing, and describing. <h3>Results</h3> Food security strategies that emerged from the interviews included stockpiling, reprioritization of household budget items, food preservation, changes in cooking techniques, shared responsibility for meals, creative employment opportunities, and the purchase/preparation of calorie-dense, nutrient-poor foods. <h3>Conclusion</h3> Abrupt unemployment of U.S. health care personnel, whose employment is usually less sensitive to supply-demand fluctuations, and the projected post-pandemic rise in food costs necessitate preparation for future shifts in employment status. Adaptive strategies used to enhance food security in these individuals have the potential for both positive and negative impact on health outcomes. While health care personnel reported some responses as beneficial to health, the perceived need to purchase and prepare calorie-dense foods reflects the fear of food insecurity. Most food security interventional programs target households with lower incomes and/or those receiving supplemental food assistance. The strategies implemented by these health care providers can inform existing and new food security programs.

ИНТЕРКУЛЬТУРНОСТЬ В СОВРЕМЕННОМ РОССИЙСКОМ ЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКОМ ЛАНДШАФТЕ

The purpose of this article is to give a quick overview of intercultural tendencies in certain Russian regions’ modern linguistic landscapes: where they can be found, why languages other than Russian are used, what the purpose of their use is, and who uses them. The material for this study includes several thousand photos taken between 2010 and 2018 in different regions of Russia, representing advertising material and signboards where different languages and cultures meet. Methodologically, the photos were classified and analyzed according to the types of code-switching and hybrid structures appearing in and on them. Some history is given on the cities studied, as well as the state of the languages that are part of their linguistic repertory. A few particular situations are scrutinized, involving national republics and other areas where linguistic minorities exist (major cities, provinces, villages). A strong tendency for the use of foreign culture was evident in the findings all over the country; the English language was preferred, but not perfect; an Asian influence was emerging everywhere. Wordplay characterized the creative employment of letters and words. Yet the cultures of the former Soviet Union, as well as the cultures of linguistic minorities (other languages besides Russian) were underrepresented, even in the national republics. The conclusion is that the modern language of the street is oriented towards the fusion of diverse cultures, but not necessarily those that represent the ethnic and cultural richness of Russia. Multiculturalism as reflected in public signage is more lively than multicultural policy because of emotionality and linkages with styles and scripts.