Effect of Diversity on U.S. Arts Managers' Managerial Level and Salary

This quantitative study investigated the research question, does diversity have an effect on U. S. arts managers’ managerial level and salary? The researcher defined diversity as disability, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, which all served as independent variables. By conducting an ordinal logistic regression analysis and a multiple regression analysis, the researcher determined that gender has an effect on arts managers’ managerial level, and in addition to disability has an effect on arts managers’ salary. Ethnicity and sexual orientation have no effect on arts managers’ managerial level or salary. These results have critical implications for the continued pursuit of diversity and inclusion in the U. S. Arts Management workforce.