Tailored Meanings: On the Meaning and Impact of Organizational Dress
提出一个分析组织着装的三维度框架(属性、同质性和显眼性),探讨着装如何反映和影响组织内部过程、员工行为及组织形象,为组织研究提供新视角。
Dress in organizations is ubiquitous, yet it has been overlooked in organizational studies. Dress can reflect and create a variety of organizational dynamics. This article offers a framework to consider these dynamics. Three dimensions—attributes of dress, homogeneity of dress, and conspicuousness of dress—are identified. Relationships among these dimensions and organizational processes are proposed. Dress is argued to indicate internal and external processes. Dress also can affect individual and organizational outcomes, including employee compliance and legitimation and organizational image and utilization of human resources. A rich agenda for research is proposed.