Navigating By Attire: The Use Of Dress By Female Administrative Employees
通过对大学商学院女性行政员工的日常着装决策进行归纳研究,发现着装嵌入多种认知图式,影响员工对工作的理解和行为,并有助于情绪准备和人际关系改善。
We conducted an inductive study of the everyday decisions about dress at work of female administrative employees in a university business school. Our findings reveal that dress is an attribute embedded in a variety of cognitive schemata that govern individuals' comprehension of and behavior at work. In acquiring and executing these schemata, employees make efforts that enhance their emotional preparedness for jobs and improve interpersonal relations. The study offers implications for theory and research on organizational symbolism, role taking, and the current practical trend toward relaxed dress.