Abstract: Talents with high performance and high potential are crucial to the development of an organization. However, the recognition and expectation given by the organization may make them burdened by reputation and bring negative effects to the organization. Therefore, workplace prestige syndrome has important research value and practical significance as an important psychological explanation mechanism to solve the dilemma of“talent curse”faced by organizations. However, there are some limitations in the existing researches on the conceptual connotation and measurement tools of the workplace prestige syndrome, which hinders the development and application of the related researches. Following the standardized procedures, this paper develops the Workplace Prestige Syndrome Scale and works out a structured measurement tool that includes the three dimensions: evaluating, achieving, and working with the prestige. The predictive validity test of this scale indicates that workplace prestige syndrome has a positive impact on emotional exhaustion and work stress. Based on the above research results, organizations should pay close attention to the workplace prestige syndrome, evaluate the effectiveness of talent incentive measures based on the three-dimensional measurement table, and effectively respond to the three different types of reputation difficulties by improving interpersonal communication, ensuring organizational fairness, and enhancing the matching degree between talents and work.

Key words: workplace prestige syndrome, appraise the prestige, fulfill the prestige, work with the prestige, scale development