Complex Indicators for the Research of Artists Conditions: The Empirical Case of Lithuania

Complex Indicators for the Research of Artists Conditions: The Empirical Case of Lithuania

The main aim of this research is to explore existing methodologies for artists' labour force and create artists' socio-economic and creative conditions in an assessment model. Artists have a dual aim in their creative working process: income and artistic self-expression. The valuation of their conditions takes into consideration both sides: the factors related to income and the satisfaction for creative process as well as its result.
The proposed model includes objective factors (working time, income etc.) and subjective factors (salary covering essential needs, self-satisfaction). Other intangible indicators taken into account are as follows: the impact on the common culture, social values, the possibility to receive awards and to represent the country in the international market. The empirical model consists of 59 separate indicators, grouped into eight categories. The deviation of each indicator from the general evaluation allows identifying the strongest and the weakest components of artists' conditions.