Do clothes really make the woman? The use of attire to enhance work performance
研究通过对20名美国商学院行政女员工的访谈，发现她们根据组织层级、职能和任务选择着装，以帮助履行工作角色，并为此投入大量时间和精力，同时揭示了得体着装带来的情感成本。
The article reports a study relating to women and their work attire. The researchers conducted personal interviews with 20 women who were administrative staffers at a U.S. school of business administration. Their findings indicate that women chose their attire to match their organizational level, function, task, and special events of a particular day, that women chose attire to help them perform their organizational roles and they spend considerable time and energy in shopping for appropriate clothing and planning what to wear to work. In addition, their comments illustrate the emotional costs associated with dressing appropriately for work.