What is it about?
This survey study of music educators in New York State (USA) uncovered a predictive relationship between entrepreneurial, outside-the-box teaching and higher work motivation. A combination of entrepreneurial mindsets and organizational contexts conducive to innovation accounted for over 50% of the variability in respondents' feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness at work.
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Why is it important?
Entrepreneurship is not just for businessmen. It is a way of seeing the world that, in this case, contributed to teachers' well-being at work. With teacher demotivation and attrition persisting as problems in American educational systems, this study offers a framework for teacher empowerment that could help reduce burnout and turnover.
Perspectives
Writing this article was the culmination of my dissertation study at the Eastman School of Music. I hope it helps musicians and other artists understand that "entrepreneurship" is not a dirty word with greedy undertones. It is a worldview that, I believe, can help anyone regardless of occupation, disposition, or life circumstances.
Josef Hanson
University of Memphis
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This page is a summary of: Exploring Relationships Between K–12 Music Educators’ Demographics, Perceptions of Intrapreneuring, and Motivation at Work, Journal of Research in Music Education, August 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0022429417722985.
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