Dimitrinka Stoyanova Russell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4863185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimitrinka Stoyanova Russell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimitrinka Stoyanova |
| FAMILY NAME | Russell |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSELL D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff Business School, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What Lies Beneath: Organisational Responses to Powerful Stakeholders
This article takes recourse to a particular branch of French Pragmatic Sociology, namely, Boltanski and Thévenot’s ‘orders of worth’ paradigm, as a lens through which to both explore the misalignment between espoused values and retrospective discourses and illustrate the underlying motivations behind decision making in an organisation within the creative industries sector. By virtue of its contributions at the organisational, social and sectorial…
No funny business: Precarious work and emotional labour in stand-up comedy
Freelance creative work is a labour of love where opportunities for self-expression are combined with exploitative working conditions. This article explores this dynamic by showing how a group of freelance creative labourers navigate employment while coping with the pressures associated with economic precarity. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we argue that full-time stand-up comedians engage in ‘pecuniary’ forms of emotion management in an…
Diversifying the creative: Creative work, creative industries, creative identities
div_BaM
Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV: Jobs for the Boys?
Social capital has been hailed as a means of virtuous, effective and enjoyable productivity through which firms can flourish. But it also confines advantage to network members and discriminates against non-members. This paper, drawing on detailed qualitative research into work in the UK film and TV industry, reveals the advantages and the disadvantages of social capital. Social capital aided recruitment, policed quality standards and ensured beha…
The missing middle: Communities of Practice in a Freelance Labour Market
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
I Don’t Know Where You Learn Them: Skills in Film and TV
No funny business: Precarious work and emotional labour in stand-up comedy
Freelance creative work is a labour of love where opportunities for self-expression are combined with exploitative working conditions. This article explores this dynamic by showing how a group of freelance creative labourers navigate employment while coping with the pressures associated with economic precarity. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we argue that full-time stand-up comedians engage in ‘pecuniary’ forms of emotion management in an…
The missing middle: Communities of Practice in a Freelance Labour Market
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
What Lies Beneath: Organisational Responses to Powerful Stakeholders
This article takes recourse to a particular branch of French Pragmatic Sociology, namely, Boltanski and Thévenot’s ‘orders of worth’ paradigm, as a lens through which to both explore the misalignment between espoused values and retrospective discourses and illustrate the underlying motivations behind decision making in an organisation within the creative industries sector. By virtue of its contributions at the organisational, social and sectorial…
I Don’t Know Where You Learn Them: Skills in Film and TV
The missing middle: Communities of Practice in a Freelance Labour Market
Learning at, and through, work is a key part of the skills literature. However, the idea and ideal of the 'community of practice' assumes that workplaces are coherent communities where the skilful are available for novices to consult and observe. This is not always the case. This research note, drawing on three months of detailed ethnographic research in a TV production company, explores the way communities of practice function in a labour market…
Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV: Jobs for the Boys?
Social capital has been hailed as a means of virtuous, effective and enjoyable productivity through which firms can flourish. But it also confines advantage to network members and discriminates against non-members. This paper, drawing on detailed qualitative research into work in the UK film and TV industry, reveals the advantages and the disadvantages of social capital. Social capital aided recruitment, policed quality standards and ensured beha…
Diversifying the creative: Creative work, creative industries, creative identities
div_BaM
No funny business: Precarious work and emotional labour in stand-up comedy
Freelance creative work is a labour of love where opportunities for self-expression are combined with exploitative working conditions. This article explores this dynamic by showing how a group of freelance creative labourers navigate employment while coping with the pressures associated with economic precarity. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we argue that full-time stand-up comedians engage in ‘pecuniary’ forms of emotion management in an…
What Lies Beneath: Organisational Responses to Powerful Stakeholders
This article takes recourse to a particular branch of French Pragmatic Sociology, namely, Boltanski and Thévenot’s ‘orders of worth’ paradigm, as a lens through which to both explore the misalignment between espoused values and retrospective discourses and illustrate the underlying motivations behind decision making in an organisation within the creative industries sector. By virtue of its contributions at the organisational, social and sectorial…
Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Work (physics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)