An Inner Barrier to Career Development: Preconditions of the Impostor Phenomenon and Consequences for Career Development
An Inner Barrier to Career Development: Preconditions of the Impostor Phenomenon and Consequences for Career Development
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00048
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发表时间：
2016-02-04
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Traut-Mattausch, Eva
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作者：
Neureiter, Mirjam;Traut-Mattausch, Eva
冒名顶替现象（IP）越来越被公认为是职业发展的重要心理结构，但关于它在该领域中的功能的实证研究却很少。我们调查了冒名顶替的感觉与对失败，对成功，自尊心的恐惧以及职业发展方面的职业计划，职业努力和领导动力有关的恐惧有关。在一项在线研究中，我们在实验室研究和工作专业人员（n = 110）中对大学生的独立样本进行了两项研究（n = 212）。在这两个样本中，冒名顶替的感觉都是由于担心失败，对成功和自尊心低的恐惧而产生的，他们减少了职业计划，职业努力和领导动力。一项路径分析表明，冒名顶替的感觉对学生的职业计划和职业努力以及领导职业专业人员的动力产生了最大的负面影响。结果表明，在不同的职业阶段，IP以不同的方式与职业发展有关。讨论了减少冒险者感觉对职业发展的负面影响的实际含义和干预措施。
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.