How Can You Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps, if You Don’t Have Boots? Work‐Appropriate Clothing for Poor Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10226142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane M Turner‐Bowker (0000-0002-8491-5704, GroundMetrics (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311-322 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0022-4537.00215 |
| OpenAlex | W2057220939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Clothing plays a role in impression formation and may affect poor women’s ability to obtain a good job. Style of dress affects perceptions of, expectations for, and responses to job applicants. Clothing worn by a job applicant is a sign of status, power, and ability and may determine success on the interview and/or on the job. Most poor women lack the financial resources necessary to enhance their outward appearance as an impression management technique. A number of programs have been designed to help poor women obtain job‐appropriate clothing, but these programs are limited in scope. This study reports on a convenience sample of women (N =10) from a state program that provides clothing to women entering the job market. Comprehensive services that take into account the multiple challenges faced by poor women entering the workforce have yet to be developed. Recommendations for corporate and individual action are provided
Affect (linguistics · Business · Clothing · Perception · Political science · Scope (computer science · Work (physics · Workforce · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Emotional Labor in Professions · Engineering · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Marketing · Psychology
The effect of attire on expected occupational outcomes for male employees
Poor women and the expression of shame and anger
What Kind of Mother Am I? Impression Management and the Social Construction of Motherhood
The Effect of Teachers' Dress on Students' Attitude and Students' Learning
Putting policy into practice? Poverty and people with serious mental illness
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2019 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |