Page No 315-322
Mathangi Ravikumar, P. Nivenitha, C.N. Ramgopal
Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu
Imposter Phenomena (IP) is a feeling of self-doubt despite being highly capable and
having previous accomplishments. Interpersonal Relationships refer to the shared social
interactions that people have with others. To assess the relationship between IP and
Interpersonal Relationship in corporate employees. Health care, Finance, IT and
Communications employees were selected using purposive sampling technique (N=87).
Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (1985) and FIRO-B (1958) were used to measure
IP and Interpersonal relationships respectively. The data was collected between August
2023 and October 2023 using Google Forms. Data were analysed through the Pearson
correlation coefficient and t-test. There exists a weak positive correlation (r = 0.133)
between IP and Interpersonal Relationships. There is a significant effect of marital
status (p=0.002) on IP, but no effect of gender (p=0.8) on IP. There is no significant
effect of gender(p=0.58) and marital status(p=0.86) on Interpersonal relationships. The
weak positive correlation could possibly be due to the people-pleasing tendencies of a
few individuals in the overall sample. The marital status’s effect on IP could possibly be
due to the pressure to meet multiple needs and demands of self and others postmarriage. The results can be useful for corporate, marital, and school c