Survey of Members of A Symphony Orchestra (Pre 1974)

Investigator: Robert R. Faulkner

Population: Orchestra musicians

Identification Method: Members of one of the top fifteen symphony orchestras in the country.

Sampling Procedure: Unavailable in work reviewed.

N and Response rate: N=40. Additional information was unavailable in work reviewed.

Publications: Faulkner, R.R. 1974. "Making Us Sound Bad: Performer Compliance and Interaction in the Symphony Orchestra." Pp. 238-248 in Phyllis L. Steward and Muriel G. Cantor eds., Varieties of Work Experience: The Social Control of Occupational Group sand Roles. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Summary: The study provides an empirical view of compliance in the orchestra as a work organization.