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The Imposter Syndrome, or the Mis‐Representation of Self in Academic Life

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  • Joel Bothello

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Thomas J. Roulet

    (CAM - University of Cambridge [Cambridge, UK])

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As academics who have recently entered the ‘tunnel' of management academia, we witness a troubling phenomenon. Among junior scholars – ourselves included – there is a growing sense of anxiety and self-doubt about the legitimacy of our profession and our position within it. We see much evidence of an ‘imposter syndrome' (Clance and Imes, 1978) in newly minted academics, a condition where high-achieving individuals either ascribe their accomplishments to luck and contingency rather than individual skill and merit, or find their profession to be a ‘bullshit job' that provides little social value. This condition leads to a sense of anomie; in more severe cases, individuals live with the constant fear that they will someday lose all credibility, either when they are exposed as charlatans or when their occupation is revealed to be a sham.

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  • Joel Bothello & Thomas J. Roulet, 2018. "The Imposter Syndrome, or the Mis‐Representation of Self in Academic Life," Post-Print hal-05511801, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05511801
    DOI: 10.1111/joms.12344
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