TITLE:
Studying on the Impact of Perceived Overqualification on Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Future Work Self Salience and Mediating Role of Thriving at Work
AUTHORS:
Tianchen Lou, Maolin Ye
KEYWORDS:
Perceived Overqualification, Work Engagement, Thriving at Work, Future Work Self Salience
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
7,
2019
ABSTRACT: The
study was based on 205 valid questionnaires and we used a series of regression
analysis to examine the effect of perceived overqualification (POQ) on work
engagement (WE) and the associated underlying mechanism. The results show that:
1) POQ was negatively related to WE; 2) The relationship between POQ and WE was
partially mediated by Thriving at work (WT); 3) Future work self salience
(FWSS) moderated the relationship between POQ and WT, such that this relationship
was not significant when FWSS was high.