Overqualification at work: A review and synthesis of the literature

B Erdogan, TN Bauer - Annual Review of Organizational …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Both perceived and objective measures of employee overqualification can impact job
attitudes, various workplace behaviors, and work relationships. Utilizing motivation and …

New horizons for newcomer organizational socialization: A review, meta-analysis, and future research directions

TN Bauer, B Erdogan, AM Ellis… - Journal of …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The effective socialization of newcomers into organizations is critical for employee and
organizational success. As such, ensuring successful onboarding has become even more …

The positive side of overqualification: examining perceived overqualification linkage with knowledge sharing and career planning

J Khan, I Saeed, M Zada, HG Nisar, A Ali… - Journal of Knowledge …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to address and observe the positive side of perceived
overqualification (POQ) on employee knowledge sharing (KS) and career planning. Role …

Transformational leadership, proactive personality and service performance: The mediating role of organizational embeddedness

C Yang, Y Chen, X Zhao, N Hua - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine the impacts of transformational leadership and
employee proactive personality on service performance, the mediation role of organizational …

When proactive employees meet the autonomy of work—A moderated mediation model based on agency theory and job characteristics theory

E Ma, J Du, ST Xu, YC Wang, X Lin - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Building on Agency Theory and Job Characteristics Theory, this study examines
how the autonomy of work interacts with individual proactivity and jointly enhances hotel …

Perceived overqualification and collectivism orientation: implications for work and nonwork outcomes

A Luksyte, TN Bauer, ME Debus… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this research, we simultaneously examined the relative applicability of person-
environment fit and relative deprivation theories in explaining the interactive effects of …

Effects of perceived overqualification on career distress and career planning: Mediating role of career identity and moderating role of leader humility

C Ma, DB Ganegoda, ZX Chen… - Human Resource …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we examined how perceived overqualification influences employees' career
distress and career planning. Specifically, we drew on role identity theory to hypothesize that …

Capable fish or deficient ponds? A meta-analysis of consequences, mechanisms, and moderators of perceived overqualification

M Liao, MJ Zhang, JB Carnevale… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Perceived overqualification (POQ) has traditionally been seen as an undesirable
employment situation associated with negative outcomes. However, recent research …

Skilled migrants employed in developed, mature economies: From newcomers to organizational insiders

P Tharenou, CT Kulik - Journal of Management, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Migrants are a growing segment of the highly educated international workforce, and these
skilled migrants (SMs) are critical to the growth of developed, mature economies. SMs …

Perceived overqualification, work-related boredom, and intention to leave: examining the moderating role of high-performance work systems

A Bochoridou, P Gkorezis - Personnel Review, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Prior studies have shown various mediating and moderating mechanisms
regarding the effect of employees' perceived overqualification on intention to leave (ITL) …