Navigating by attire: The use of dress by female administrative employees

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Rafaeli, A; Dutton, J; Harquail, CV; MackieLewis, S
• 署名单位: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Virginia
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/257019
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 9-45
• 关键词: expression; IDENTITY; emotion; IMPACT

摘要

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.