Prevalence, predictors, and treatment of impostor syndrome: a systematic review

DM Bravata, SA Watts, AL Keefer… - Journal of general …, 2020 - Springer
Background Impostor syndrome is increasingly presented in the media and lay literature as
a key behavioral health condition impairing professional performance and contributing to …

Career exploration: A review and future research agenda

Z Jiang, A Newman, H Le, A Presbitero… - Journal of Vocational …, 2019 - Elsevier
To move forward in their career journeys, individuals engage in career exploration by
reflecting upon both personal (ie, internal) and contextual (ie, external) factors. The extent to …

The imposter phenomenon: An internal barrier to empowerment and achievement

PR Clance, MA O'Toole - Treating Women's Fear of Failure, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
In 1978, Clance and Imes developed the term Impostor Phe nomenon (IP) to designate an
internal experience of intellectual phoniness which seemed to be particularly prevalent …

Are all impostors created equal? Exploring gender differences in the impostor phenomenon-performance link

RL Badawy, BA Gazdag, JR Bentley… - Personality and Individual …, 2018 - Elsevier
Some individuals report feeling inauthentic at work, and fear being found out as a fake or as
someone who does not deserve their status or reputation. Termed the imposter …

“Overcoming the fear that haunts your success”–the effectiveness of interventions for reducing the impostor phenomenon

M Zanchetta, S Junker, AM Wolf… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The impostor phenomenon (IP) refers to intense thoughts of fraudulence reported by high-
achieving individuals. Since it has been shown to account for several personal and work …

The impostor phenomenon revisited: Examining the relationship between workplace impostor thoughts and interpersonal effectiveness at work

BA Tewfik - Academy of Management Journal, 2022 - journals.aom.org
Prevailing wisdom paints the impostor phenomenon as detrimental. I seek to rebalance the
existing conversation around this phenomenon by highlighting that it may also have …

Linking protean career orientation and career decidedness: The mediating role of career decision self-efficacy

H Li, H Ngo, F Cheung - Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the linkage between protean career orientation and career
decidedness. It also explores the possible mediating roles of career decision self-efficacy …

Buffering impostor feelings with kindness: The mediating role of self-compassion between gender-role orientation and the impostor phenomenon

A Patzak, M Kollmayer, B Schober - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The impostor phenomenon (IP) refers to high-achievers who underestimate their abilities
and thus fear being unmasked as impostors. IP sufferers attribute their success to factors …

Modeling dynamics in career construction: Reciprocal relationship between future work self and career exploration

Y Guan, M Zhuang, Z Cai, Y Ding, Y Wang… - Journal of Vocational …, 2017 - Elsevier
In extant research, scholars have treated proactive career behavior (eg, career exploration)
primarily as a consequence of future work self. Yet, emerging evidence provides support for …

Connecting the dots between mindset and impostor phenomenon, via fear of failure and goal orientation, in working adults

R Noskeau, A Santos, W Wang - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study aims to investigate the relationship between mindset and impostor phenomenon,
via the explanatory role of fear of failure and goal orientation in the work domain. Only one …