Can top managers' impostor feelings affect performance?

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Journal of Strategy and Management Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI:10.1108/jsma-01-2023-0008

M. J. Guedes

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Abstract

PurposeBuilding on the premise that top managers' characteristics affect firm outcomes, the study aims to examine whether the impostor feelings of top managers are associated with firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses survey and regression estimation.FindingsThe results show that there is no strong association between the impostor phenomenon and firm performance, when considering the overall sample. However, in the case of women who experience strong impostor feelings, performance is negatively affected. There is no evidence that being a CEO or workload are mechanisms that explain this result.Practical implicationsImproving the understanding of whether top manager impostor feelings sabotage or improve firm performance can encourage managers to engage in preventive actions to overcome or explore its effects adequately so that positive firm outcomes are fostered.Originality/valueDespite the economic importance of how top managers' judgment affects their decisions, little is known about how the cognitive frames of their top managers affect firm outcomes. In particular, there is no clear understanding of how top managers' feelings of inadequacy, intellectual phoniness and deceitfulness (the impostor phenomenon) affect firm profitability.

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高层管理者的冒牌货情绪会影响业绩吗?

在高层管理者的特征影响企业绩效的前提下，本研究旨在检验高层管理者的冒名顶替情绪是否与企业绩效相关。设计/方法/方法本研究采用调查和回归估计。研究结果表明，当考虑到整个样本时，冒名顶替现象和公司绩效之间没有很强的联系。然而，如果女性有强烈的冒名顶替感，她们的表现就会受到负面影响。没有证据表明担任首席执行官或工作量是解释这一结果的机制。实践启示:提高对高层管理者冒名顶替情绪是否会破坏或改善公司绩效的理解，可以鼓励管理者采取预防措施，充分克服或探索其影响，从而促进积极的公司成果。独创性/价值尽管高层管理者的判断如何影响他们的决策具有重要的经济意义，但人们对高层管理者的认知框架如何影响公司成果却知之甚少。特别是，对于高层管理者的不足感、智力上的虚假性和欺骗性(冒名顶替现象)如何影响公司盈利能力，人们还没有明确的认识。

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Journal of Strategy and Management MANAGEMENT-

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