Business Spotlight – Nr.6 2019

78 WORK & RELAX

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Business Spotlight 6/2019

W

hat do you wear at work? How

do you decide? Does your work-

place have a dress code? Cloth-

ing really matters — to organi-

zations as well as to individual

workers — and it can have a deep

psychological effect. “What we wear has

a real impact on how we feel about our-

selves,” says Arianna Huffington, founder

and CEO of ThriveGlobal.com. “And that, in

turn,” she adds, “influences our work —

our confidence, creativity, ability to focus

and collaborate.” Her research shows that

80 per cent of employees have increasing-

ly experienced casual dress codes at work.

Nevertheless, according to TotalJobs.

com, the average female worker still

spends five months of her life thinking

about what to wear to work. No surprise,

perhaps, since more than a quarter of

women have had to deal with unwant-

ed comments about their appearance at

work, and one in ten has been sent home

to change as a result of their outfit choice.

Meanwhile, 88 per cent of men say their

work dress code causes them no concerns.

What we wear at work is subject to

generational differences, too. CEO Today

reports that the younger generation are

much less tolerant of dress codes — and

that a clear majority of young jobseekers

would “have a negative perception of any

company that enforced a dress code”. Ac-

cording to a study by outdoor clothing

company Stormline, allowing employees

to wear what they want can make them

happier and more productive.

With the majority of employees, espe-

cially millennials, favouring more casual

clothing, many employers are offering

WORK & RELAX

IN THE ZONE

Dress for success?

Kleidungsvorschriften am Arbeitsplatz sind in den letzten Jahren lockerer geworden.

Oft gibt es keinen formellen Dresscode mehr. Aber wird das auch den Erwartungen von

Klienten und Kunden gerecht? Und was sagt die Auswahl Ihrer Kleidung über

Sie und Ihr Unternehmen aus? JULIAN EARWAKER berichtet.

MEDIUM

appropriate [əˈprəʊpriət]

, angebracht

casual [ˈkæʒuəl]

, leger

CEO (chief executive

officer) [ˌsiː iː ˈəʊ]

, Geschäftsführer(in)

collaborate [kəˈlæbəreɪt]

, zusammenarbeiten

enforce sth. [ɪnˈfɔːs]

, etw. durchsetzen

environment

[ɪnˈvaɪ&rEnmənt]

, hier: Umfeld

founder [ˈfaʊndə]

, Gründer(in)

impact [ˈɪmpækt]

, Auswirkung

out of date [ˌaʊt əv ˈdeɪt]

, überholt; hier: nicht

mehr zeitgemäß

perception

[pəˈsepʃ&n]

, Wahrnehmung

research [riˈsɜːtʃ]

, Forschung

tie [taɪ]

, Krawatte

50% 76%

69%

22% 43%

26% over

1

/ 2

1 in 10

60%

42%

of British

workplaces have

a dress code

of these organizations

have a casual

dress policy

of workers feel more comfortable

dressing casually for work

believe that dressing

casually allows them to

express their personality

believe that suits are

no longer appropriate

as office clothing

say that a casual dress

code reduces the

pressure of having to

look good all the time

of workers say

that a casual

dress code is more

affordable and

takes less care

British workers

wears a suit

to work

of workers believe that a casual dress

code encourages a more relaxed office

environment and friendlier colleagues

think that a tie

is out of date for

workplace fashion

A QUESTION OF STYLE

Sources: http://www.travelodge.co.uk/press-centre/press-releases/Its-death-power-business-suit-casual-

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