[Michlib-l] Survey for Managers and Administrators

[Elizabeth Martin]

***Please forgive the cross-posting***

This is your invitation to participate in an online survey regarding Impostor
Phenomenon among mid-level managers and administrators in academic libraries.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F_Z9vAbeeFPz5XIgBdHZONjizYW4GQ5Z2utTk_knAK0/viewform

Imposter Phenomenon (IP), also known as Imposter Syndrome, has been a popular
topic in higher education for over 30 years.  The idea comes from two
psychologists, Dr. Pauline Rose Clance and Dr. Suzanne Ament Imes, both of whom
noticed reoccurring anxieties among successful women/men in managerial roles.
The idea behind IP is that no matter how hard one works, or how successful one
becomes, the individual feels like a fraud. At any moment they will be “found
out” by supervisors that they are not as “good”, “intelligent”, or
“successful” as they appear to be. They feel as if their success was by
chance or by luck and not from their own abilities.

There is no known or expected risk, threat, or harm to either potential project
participants or project participants or others.  The short survey should take
approximately 15-25 minutes to complete. A portion of this survey contains the
Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) with permission of the author (see
permission statement below). No data is saved until the participant submits the
full survey. You are asked to voluntarily provide specific information to this
web site. You may skip any question, or stop participating at any time. The
information collected will be used for the stated purposes of this research
project only and will not be provided to any other party for any other reason
at any time except and only if required by law. You should be aware that
although the information you provide is anonymous, it is transmitted in a
non-secure manner. There is a remote chance that skilled, knowledgeable persons
unaffiliated with this research project could track the information you provide
to the IP address of the computer from which you send it. However, your
personal identity cannot be determined.

Responses are anonymous and data will be reported without any identifying
characteristics. The results from this survey will be presented at conferences
and disseminated in other research articles. If you have any questions please
contact, Elizabeth Martin, Head of Professional Programs, Grand Valley State
University, martelia at gvsu.edu<mailto:martelia at gvsu.edu>

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