Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Exploring the Impostor Phenomenon in Evaluation

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

American Journal of Evaluation Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI:10.1177/10982140221075243

J. LaVelle, Natalie D. Jones, S. Donaldson

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The impostor phenomenon is a psychological construct referring to a range of negative emotions associated with a person's perception of their own "fraudulent competence" in a field or of their lack of skills necessary to be successful in that field. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many practicing evaluators have experienced impostor feelings, but lack a framework in which to understand their experiences and the forums in which to discuss them. This paper summarizes the literature on the impostor phenomenon, applies it to the field of evaluation, and describes the results of an empirical, quantitatively focused study which included open-ended qualitative questions exploring impostorism in 323 practicing evaluators. The results suggest that impostor phenomenon in evaluators consists of three constructs: Discount, Luck, and Fake. Qualitative data analysis suggests differential coping strategies for men and women. Thematic analysis guided the development of a set of proposed solutions to help lessen the phenomenon's detrimental effects for evaluators.

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对号入座：评价中的冒名顶替现象探析

冒名顶替现象是一种心理结构，指的是一系列负面情绪，这些情绪与一个人对自己在某个领域的“欺诈能力”或缺乏在该领域取得成功所需的技能的看法有关。轶事证据表明，许多执业评估师都有过冒名顶替的感觉，但缺乏一个了解他们经历的框架和讨论他们的论坛。本文总结了关于冒名顶替现象的文献，并将其应用于评估领域，并描述了一项实证的、定量的研究结果，该研究包括323名执业评估人员探讨冒名顶替的开放式定性问题。结果表明，评价者的冒名顶替现象由三个结构组成：折扣、运气和虚假。定性数据分析表明，男性和女性的应对策略不同。专题分析指导制定了一套拟议的解决方案，以帮助减少这一现象对评估人员的不利影响。

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American Journal of Evaluation SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

11.80%

发文量

期刊介绍： The American Journal of Evaluation (AJE) publishes original papers about the methods, theory, practice, and findings of evaluation. The general goal of AJE is to present the best work in and about evaluation, in order to improve the knowledge base and practice of its readers. Because the field of evaluation is diverse, with different intellectual traditions, approaches to practice, and domains of application, the papers published in AJE will reflect this diversity. Nevertheless, preference is given to papers that are likely to be of interest to a wide range of evaluators and that are written to be accessible to most readers.