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Attire restrictions in the workplace
Diya Chu
Who would ever want to meet a weirdly dressed accountant whenever they visited a given bank for the first time?Appearance and presentation of oneself in the various places of work have over the time been an issue of concern. Different dressing codes have been observed to realize different objectives within the workplace. Some employers impose various policies that restrict the appearance of their employees in the workplace. As much as this may be plausible and recommended for the decency they bring forth in the workplaces in most cases, these policies carry with them various problems that profoundly affect the individual employees and would, in the long run, affect the productivity of the different workplaces.As much as professionalism in the workplace has been associated with certain codes of dressing, people should be given the freedom of choosing whatever they want to wear. It would ensure that they are not discriminated regarding their sexual orientation, cultures, and beliefs and that they are allowed to dress in whatever makes them comfortable and without adhering to any policies. Moreover, the value of the clothing, appearance management as well as the beliefs should be left entirely for the person to decide on without being coerced or forced into by someone else. This would enhance the productivity in the various workplaces, as the employees would be much more comfortable in their outfits. Even though the principles guiding dressing codes in the workplace are often embraced, they are associated with various problems. Some restrictions and policies on attire at workplace have been processed to ensure credibility of professional in the offices but people should be given the freedom to make decisions on what they want to wear based on their culture, reduction of stress, sexual orientation and personal expression. Besides, it should depend on themselves especially self expression, self beliefs and value of such attires.
Many employers believe that people would devote more physical and mental effort if they stick to appropriate wardrobes. The policies, therefore, dictate for a particular mode of dressing with the intentions of improving the workforce. To be more specifically, one sample appearance policy shows that “faded and/or tattered/torn jeans; T-shirts displaying advertising or writing. In additional, faded overalls, cotton/fleece pants and jogging suits, shorts, tank tops, or recreational attires(Goldner,M.H,2010) which are all be regards as the inappropriate dresses in the workplace.They often ensure that the dressing code or policy is such that the mental state, as well as the physical state of a person, is not destructed. Conversely, given a chance to choose what wear would actually improve their working efficiencies. The research finds that “males have been found to believe that clothing can enhance self-perceptions of various occupational attributes” (Karl.K, Rust.K. 2006). Hence, it is essential to let the employees choose what they want to wear in the workplace. Additionally, Self-monitoring could be one of the elements of the working efficiency, since, the high self-monitoring behaviour is related to a person’s ability closely. People who h...