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06/09/2023
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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES SHARE THEIR HAPPINESS WHILE WORKING FOR A CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Key findings from IMPACTS, published June 7:
The research done to share how employees feel working at cultural organizations contemplates a sample size of 1,778 full-time employees working in the cultural industry from 42 organizations that welcome over 500,000 visitors annually. Of these 42 organizations, 27 are exhibit-based and 15 or performing arts organizations.
- When executive leadership, senior management and all other employees serving greater than 500,000 onsite annual visitors were asked to share their overall work experience:
- 96% of executive leadership said their overall experience was somewhat or very favorable.
- 81% of senior management said their overall experience was somewhat or very favorable.
- 73% of all other employees said their overall experience was somewhat or very favorable.
- As for an overall favorable work-life balance of full-time employees, executive leadership (85%), senior management (82%) and all other employees (83%) said their work life balance was overall favorable.
- Professional development and its perception that staff are growing, learning and developing new skills shows its importance.
- 71% of executive directors are overall favorable of their career and professional development experience.
- 81% of senior management are overall favorable of their career and professional development experience.
- 75% of all other employees are overall favorable of their career and professional development experience.
- Executive leadership (86%), senior management (65%) and all other employees (51%) all feel overall favorable of their diversity and equity experience with the organization they are employed with. However, there is a discrepancy among respondents based on their position. Executive leadership may be dramatically more favorable to this because they tend to be less diverse compared to senior management and all other employees.
