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Graduate School of Ajou University
Department of Life and Media Cooperation Course
3. Theses(Master)
Effect of Burdensome Responsibility with Impostor Phenomenon on Contribution Rating in Group Work
- Author(s)
- 김준희
- Advisor
- 김경일
- Department
- 일반대학원 라이프미디어협동과정
- Publisher
- The Graduate School, Ajou University
- Publication Year
- 2020-08
- Language
- eng
- Keyword
- Impostor phenomenon; contribution; responsibility
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- The Impostor Phenomenon refers to the experience where an individual is unable to internalize their achievements, and feel fear of being exposed as a fraud. In the current research, we aimed to discover what the consequences of such feelings may be. In particular, we focused on the relation between responsibility and the Impostor Phenomenon. When Impostors encounter a new task, they are plagued by worry, self-doubt, and anxiety(Chae et al., 1995). IP occurred when someone achieved something, and this achievement bring new role and new task often. Participants were tested in pairs on a Pictionary-like task, and took turns taking on the role as “drawer” or “guesser” – the former representing a role that was higher in responsibility. Prior research has suggested that High Impostors, when compared with low Impostors, are more likely to expect low performance and to be uncertain about their ability to keep good performance. I assumed these features will be expressed as low contribution rating for themselves, and this phenomenon would be stronger when they take more responsible role. Given this, we hypothesized that the Phenomenon would appear most strongly when “drawing” rather than “guessing,” since guessing may be weakly associated with internal responsibility. To measure the consequences of experiencing the Impostor Phenomenon, we had participants allocate points to themselves and to their partner, as a behavioral measure of how much credit they felt they deserved after a successful Pictionary trial. We also administered the Clance Impostor Phenomenon(Clance, 1985) Scale to measure individual feelings of the Phenomenon. Our results showed that, indeed, those high on the scale, as compared to those low on the scale, behaved in a way that suggests that they underestimated their contribution, especially in the high responsibility role as “drawer.” That is, they tended to allocate more points to their partner than to themselves. These results show that feeling fear of being exposed as a fraud can have consequences more damaging than expected, where individuals end up passing on credit that they deserved.
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