Two sides of the career resources coin: Career adaptability resources and the impostor phenomenon |
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Authors: | Mirjam Neureiter Eva Traut-Mattausch |
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Affiliation: | Economic and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstraße 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria |
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Abstract: | Considering the impostor phenomenon (IP) as an important psychological construct in the context of career development requires a theoretical grounding. Using the career construction model of adaptation as a guiding framework, we investigated how the IP is related to adaptive readiness (represented by core self-evaluations), career adaptability resources, and adapting responses, namely, career planning, career decision-making difficulties, career exploration, and occupational self-efficacy. We used parallel multiple mediation modeling to investigate specific indirect effects through concern, control, curiosity, confidence, and the IP. We conducted an online study with 289 university students. Results indicated a positive effect of core self-evaluations on career planning, career exploration, and occupational self-efficacy and a negative effect on career decision-making difficulties through adaptability resources. The IP emerged as a “maladaptability” resource: That is, it might be a hindrance to adaptive coping and behavior and consequently promote maladaptive coping and behavior by decreasing career planning and occupational self-efficacy and increasing career decision-making difficulties. Supplementary negative effects of the IP on adaptability resources are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Impostor phenomenon Career construction theory Career construction model of adaptation Career adaptability Career adapting responses |
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