Multiple job-holding and artistic careers: Some empirical evidence

Cultural Trends

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-24

  Throsby, David ^a   Zednik, Anita ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Careers of professional artists; Concentric circles model of the cultural industries; Multiple job holding; Non arts work; Portfolio careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951985586     PISSN: 09548963     EISSN: 14693690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2011.540809     Document Type: Article

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