Prestige of Cultural Professions in a Region: Three Views of the Issue

Abstract

The article presents the results of study of the assessment stereotypes of the prestige of professions in the field of culture in a region and the opportunities for their correction for the development of cultural human resources by the example of the Tambov Region. The author focuses on the comparison of viewpoints of the three different respondent groups: managers of cultural institutions in the region, staff members of the institutions, and the region’s people. The survey’s results display the social groups with positive assessment of the cultural professions’ prestige and the basic economical and socio-political factors which affect the assessment. It was discovered that regional distinctions in perception of the cultural professions’ prestige are mainly caused by the region’s general socio-economic situation and the respective financial-economic support of the industry, and by a symbolic demonstration of interest in this fi eld by the regional authorities as well.