Organizations use uniforms to create identity. Workers wearing uniforms are walking advertisements and can, by their behavior and appearance, create positive impressions about the organization. Some uniforms sport the company logo or slogan. The brown uniform of delivery personnel, or the blue uniform of postal employees, is instantly recognizable.
Compliance
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Organizations use uniforms to compel compliance with policy, dress standards and work standards. Management, upon seeing a uniform, understands immediately where a worker should be and what she should be doing. Uniforms can be used to restrict access to certain areas and can be used to identify an employee who wears a name tag.