The impostor phenomenon revisited: Examining the relationship between workplace impostor thoughts and interpersonal effectiveness at work
Tewfik studied workplace impostor thoughts in a survey of employees at an investment management firm, a study of physician trainees and two online experiments with randomly assigned participants. In the MIT News account, employees and trainees who reported more such thoughts were rated by supervisors and patients as more interpersonally effective, with no loss of productivity at the firm, and participants with such thoughts in the experiments asked more questions and were rated more interpersonally effective by hiring managers. She proposed that the thoughts make people more focused on others, noted that the benefit depends on interpersonal contact, and reported that the thoughts can fade as people become established in a role.
Tewfik studied workplace impostor thoughts in a survey of employees at an investment management firm, a study of physician trainees and two online experiments with randomly assigned participants. In the MIT News account, employees and trainees who reported more such thoughts were rated by supervisors and patients as more interpersonally effective, with no loss of productivity at the firm, and participants with such thoughts in the experiments asked more questions and were rated more interpersonally effective by hiring managers. She proposed that the thoughts make people more focused on others, noted that the benefit depends on interpersonal contact, and reported that the thoughts can fade as people become established in a role.
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Tewfik, B. A. (2022). The impostor phenomenon revisited: Examining the relationship between workplace impostor thoughts and interpersonal effectiveness at work. Academy of Management Journal, 65(3), 988-1018. doi:10.5465/amj.2020.1627 https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2020.1627