Stop telling women they have impostor syndrome
18 Feb, 2021 01:25 AM
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What role do current workplace systems play in fostering and exacerbating impostor syndrome in women? Photo / 123RF
New York Times
By: Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey The term impostor syndrome is broadly defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments. Many even question whether they are deserving of any accolades at all.
Psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes developed the concept, originally termed impostor phenomenon, in a 1978 study focusing on high-achieving women. They posited that despite outstanding academic and professional accomplishments, women who experience the impostor phenomenon persist in believing that they are really not bright and have fooled anyone who thinks otherwise. Their findings spurred decades of initiatives