Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Perceived Overqualification and its outcomes: The Mediation Role of job boredom, job Alienation and Emotional Exhaustion

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Reza Sephahvand 1
Mahdieh Vishlaghi 2
Fatemeh Alaviematin 2

1 Professor, Department of Public Administration, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.

2 PhD student in Human Resource Management, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2022.67058.4124
Abstract
Perceived Overqualification is a common experience in the workplace; However, it has received less attention from domestic researchers. Identifying the variables associated with this structure is essential to our understanding of how it affects job outcomes. Based on the theory of person-job fit, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of Perceived Overqualification on Counterproductive Work Behaviors by considering the mediating role of Job Boredom, Job Alienation and Emotional Exhaustion. This research is an applied one in terms of purpose and the method of data is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of this study was the employees of the Gas Company of West Azerbaijan Province. Based on simple random sampling method, 225 people were selected for the sample. The main tool for data collection was a questionnaire. Data analysis and testing of research hypotheses were performed using structural equation modeling. The results showed that employees’ perception of their Perceived Overqualification leads to their counterproductive work behaviors; In addition, the mediating role of Job Boredom, Job Alienation and Emotional Exhaustion in this relationship was confirmed.

Keywords

Perceived Overqualification
Job Boredom
Job Alienation
Emotional Exhaustion
Counterproductive Work Behaviors
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  • Receive Date 12 March 2022
  • Revise Date 29 November 2022
  • Accept Date 30 November 2022

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