Arts marketing has emerged as a flourishing research domain over the last few decades. Reflecting on the nature and evolution of arts marketing research, we propose a selective review of the literature on the marketing and consumption of arts and culture. Specifically, this review examines the defining characteristics of arts marketing research, as well as key themes and contributions, with the goal of identifying promising future directions.

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Although the stressful nature of high risk exposure software projects and the adverse repercussions of stress on project participants and performance have long been recognized, there is still little research on the subject. This paper builds upon two foundationsthe cognitive-transactional theory of stress and the concept of software project risk exposure -to propose a model of software project risk drivers as software project manager stressors and coping resources. The model posits that some software project risk driverscore project characteristics and project objectivesplay the role of stressors and that other risk driversproject environment characteristics -play the role of coping resources. The model further suggests that software project managers are faced with both chronic stress and acute stress, which have different antecedents. This paper broadens current understanding of the role of software project risk drivers; it also contributes to knowledge on software project management by focusing on the emotional components this activity.

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