Media selection and the imposter phenomenon: a multinational investigation

Title: Media selection and the imposter phenomenon: a multinational investigation
Creator: Furner, Christopher P.; McDowell, William C.; Zinko, Robert
Relation: Communications of the International Information Management Association (CIIMA) Vol. 13, Issue 4, p. 17-34
Publisher: International Information Management Association
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: Imposterism, where individuals seek to create a false impression that they are more qualified than they actually are, is an emerging area of study, while media selection has been a subject of interest to IS researchers for over 25 years. This study seeks to determine if individuals who score highly on imposterism differ in their media preference, and if there is a cultural dimension to this relationship. Using a scenario-based experiment administered to 439 subjects in the U.S. and China, we demonstrate relationships between media choice and both imposterism and two dimensions of espoused national culture.
Subject: imposterism; culture; media selection
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1341350
Identifier: uon:28723
Identifier: ISSN:1543-5970
Language: eng
Reviewed

		Thumbnail	File	Description	Size	Format