When you're feeling doubtful, stressed or overwhelmed, it's easy to assume you're experiencing impostor syndrome. But here ...

Dear Past Graduate-Student Me, Last summer I wrote you a letter about all the things I wish you’d known when you started graduate school, but I made a huge omission: impostor syndrome. That dawned on ...

In their new research paper, MIT Sloan assistant professor Basima Tewfik and co-authors unpack the complexities of the impostor phenomenon through a review of 316 peer-reviewed articles and books ...

Popular misconceptions about “impostor syndrome” have spawned four myths that need debunking for managers to effectively understand and address its effects in the workplace, MIT Sloan School of ...

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Feeling like a hack is more common than you might think. In fact, 58 percent of people with technology-focused careers suffer from Impostor Syndrome, according to a new informal study from workplace ...

In her excellent book The Charisma Myth (Penguin Books, 2013), Olivia Fox Cabane reports a curious yet highly reliable phenomenon: Every year, she asks the incoming class at Stanford Business School, ...

Not a day passes without my questioning my abilities: as a writer, a commentator, and—most of all—as an academic. I wonder if I have talent, or am I just faking it? Not a day passes without my ...

Impostor syndrome generally refers to the persistent feeling of doubt that our achievements are justified and a reflection of our skills, talents, and efforts. Rather we feel that we are frauds and ...