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. 2016 Sep 27;7:1445. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01445

Table 1.

Summary of studies investigating the impostor phenomenon and work-relevant variables.

Study Sample(s) Work-relevant outcome variables Effects
Jöstl et al., 2012 631 (62% female) doctoral students Research self-efficacy −0.09*
McDowell et al., 2015 588 (33% female) university staff Self-efficacy −0.36**
Perceived organizational support −0.10*
Grubb and McDowell, 2012 588 (33% female) university staff Organizational citizenship behavior −0.32***
Affective commitment −0.11**
Continuance commitment 0.20***
Vergauwe et al., 2015 201 (58% female) employees Job satisfaction −0.29***
Organizational citizenship behavior −0.35***
Affective commitment −0.11
Continuance commitment 0.22**
Bechtoldt, 2015 190 (35% female) managers Biased task-delegation decisions 0.10–0.22*
Neureiter and Traut-Mattausch, 2016 212 (70% female) employees Career planning −0.23***
Non-observable career striving −0.12
Observable career striving 0.14*
Motivation to lead −0.19**
Neureiter and Traut-Mattausch, 2016 110 (50% female) employees Career planning −0.76***
Career striving −0.51***
Motivation to lead −0.58***
*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.