The Illusion of Competence: A Qualitative Deep Dive into Workplace False Performance.

Marie Frances Dunnion, Gbolahan Gbadamosi, Jan Francis-Smythe

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Marie Frances DunnionSchool of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6066-1455

Gbolahan GbadamosiDepartment of People and Organisations, Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth BH8 8EB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1656-5191

Jan Francis-SmytheWorcester Business School, University of Worcester, Castle Street, Worcester WR1 3AS, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This qualitative paper develops an understanding of False Performance as a negative form of workplace behaviour which has received scant attention. According to the quantitative literature, which measures False Performance using the Organisational Charlatan Scale (OCS), false performers are incompetent employees who deliberately portray themselves as better able to perform in a job role than they know themselves to be capable. In this study, False Performance was explored in United Kingdom public-sector organisations for the first time, using novel focus-group methodology and grounded theory. Eight focus groups (

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PMID39594285

DOI10.3390/bs14110985

PMCPMC11591133

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