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| Title |
An Inner Barrier to Career Development: Preconditions of the Impostor Phenomenon and Consequences for Career Development
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00048 |
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| Authors |
Mirjam Neureiter, Eva Traut-Mattausch |
| Abstract |
The impostor phenomenon (IP) is increasingly recognized as an important psychological construct for career development, yet empirical research on how it functions in this domain is sparse. We investigated in what way impostor feelings are related to the fear of failure, fear of success, self-esteem, and the career-development aspects career planning, career striving, and the motivation to lead. We conducted two studies with independent samples of university students (N = 212) in a laboratory study and working professionals (N = 110) in an online study. In both samples, impostor feelings were fostered by fear of failure, fear of success, and low self-esteem and they decreased career planning, career striving, and the motivation to lead. A path analysis showed that impostor feelings had the most negative effects on career planning and career striving in students and on the motivation to lead in working professionals. The results suggest that the IP is relevant to career development in different ways at different career stages. Practical implications and interventions to reduce the negative effects of impostor feelings on career development are discussed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 62% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 15% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 15% |
| Unknown | 1 | 8% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 54% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 278 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 278 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 48 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 12% |
| Researcher | 15 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 43 | 15% |
| Unknown | 90 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 67 | 24% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 30 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 12% |
| Unknown | 99 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 34. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2023.
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