The Survey of Latvian State Revenue Service Employees' Self-assessment of their Uniforms
2014
Inese Šroma, Silvija Rudzika, Inese Ziemele

The study presents results of the opinion survey of Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS) employees, which was carried out with the aim to clarify the current level of satisfaction of the officers with their uniform and its structure and to identify the users' subjective, comfort describing the positive and negative feelings that arise wearing a specific clothing in certain environmental conditions. The results of the analysis of the survey presented the level of satisfaction with the existing everyday uniform and its structure and determined in what work environment and how long the respondents perform their service duties. It was determined that the most important qualities are of the everyday uniform are: convenience in dynamic conditions; functionality and dimensional stability after care; hygienic requirements, the convenience of elements (such as pockets, drawstrings, fasteners) and convenience in a static position. The survey clarified users' subjective comfort and provided the description of positive and negative feelings that arise wearing a specific clothing in certain environmental conditions. It was determined that 31.4% of men and 29.7% of women feel uncomfortable in their present uniforms in both indoor and outdoor application. The study provides recommendations that should be followed when designing new uniforms for the officers to improve the comfort level of the functional clothing. It was concluded that changes should be made in choosing the material for the uniforms as well as in designing in order to produce uniforms which are convenient for the consumer in dynamic motion, are warm but do not cause sweating, are representative for civil servants, are easy to clean and have aesthetic look after care.


Keywords
requirements for uniforms or their elements, working environment, comfortable clothing
DOI
10.7250/mstct.2014.006

Šroma, I., Rudzika, S., Ziemele, I. The Survey of Latvian State Revenue Service Employees' Self-assessment of their Uniforms. Material Science. Textile and Clothing Technology. Vol.9, 2014, pp.34-44. ISSN 1691-3132. e-ISSN 2255-8888. Available from: doi:10.7250/mstct.2014.006

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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