Purpose

Building 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/approach

This study uses survey and regression estimation.

Findings

The 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 implications

Improving 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/value

Despite 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.

中文翻译：

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高层管理人员的冒名顶替情绪会影响绩效吗？

目的

本研究以高层管理人员的特征影响公司业绩为前提，旨在检验高层管理人员的冒名顶替情绪是否与公司绩效相关。

设计/方法论/途径

本研究采用调查和回归估计。

发现

结果表明，在考虑整体样本时，冒名顶替现象与公司绩效之间没有很强的关联。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。

实际影响

提高对高层管理者的冒充情绪是否会破坏或提高公司绩效的理解，可以鼓励管理者采取预防措施，以克服或充分探索其影响，从而促进积极的公司成果。

原创性/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结果却知之甚少。特别是，对于高层管理人员的能力不足、智力虚伪和欺骗（冒名顶替现象）的感觉如何影响公司的盈利能力，人们还没有清楚的了解。