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Teaching and Playing? A Survey on Young Musicians’ Well-Being and Motivations

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  • Silvia Sacchetti

    (Department od Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, 38014 Trento, Italy)

  • Andrea Salustri

    (Department of Legal and Economic Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the well-being of young music teachers working in Trentino Music Schools (TMS). Specifically, we assess (i) the extent to which the interaction between teaching and playing affects the well-being of young musicians using a satisfaction measure for their overall professional path as teachers and musicians, and (ii) what extrinsic and intrinsic drivers may guide their involvement in teaching activities in the early stages of their careers. To this end, we analyze original survey data on young musicians teaching in TMS to estimate their relative satisfaction and identify their motivational drivers. Specifically, we estimate from elementary items six constructs concerning material work conditions, immaterial welfare (i.e., the capabilities activated by the schools), and initial monetary and non-monetary motivations to become a music teacher, then we run two ordered logit regressions to test whether a set of variables of interest and the estimated constructs contribute to explaining junior teachers’ satisfaction. Our findings highlight that junior teachers are satisfied if they can preserve the desired proportion of artistic activity and can teach a consistent number of hours so as to leave the desired space and time for making music independently of school activities. They consider teaching to be one of the components of their professional activities and can be expected to try to maintain sufficient space to be able to also develop the independent artistic sphere of their career as musicians.

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  • Silvia Sacchetti & Andrea Salustri, 2023. "Teaching and Playing? A Survey on Young Musicians’ Well-Being and Motivations," Merits, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmerit:v:3:y:2023:i:3:p:31-537:d:1213147
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    1. Silvia Sacchetti & Ermanno Tortia, 2013. "Satisfaction with Creativity: A Study of Organizational Characteristics and Individual Motivation," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(6), pages 1789-1811, December.
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