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

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 521-536
Author(s):  
Chao Ma ◽  
Deshani B. Ganegoda ◽  
(George) Zhen Xiong Chen ◽  
Xinhui Jiang ◽  
Chunyan Dong
Keyword(s):  
Career Planning ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Overqualification ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Leader Humility

To share or not to share? A moderated mediation model of the relationship between perceived overqualification and knowledge sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijing Zhao ◽  
Shuming Zhao ◽  
Hao Zeng ◽  
Jingyi Bai
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Experiment Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceived Overqualification ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeDrawing on identity theory and the symbolic interactionism perspective of identity theory, this study aims to construct a moderated mediation framework to test the effects of perceived overqualification (POQ) on knowledge sharing (KS) through professional identity threat (PIT) and the moderating role of coworkers' help-seeking behavior (CHSB).Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a quantitative multistudy research design with a combination of a scenario experiment (Study 1) and a two-wave field study among 220 supervisor-subordinate dyads at a power company in China. Using analysis of variance, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bootstrapping method, the authors validated the research hypothesis.FindingsIn the scenario experiment study (study 1), the authors find that POQ is positively related to PIT and that CHSB negatively moderates the positive impact of POQ on PIT. The field study (study 2) replicated the above findings and found that PIT mediates the negative effect of POQ on KS. In addition, CHSB negatively moderates the mediating role of PIT between POQ and KS.Originality/valueFirst, the current study extended the nomological network of POQ research by examining its influence on employees' KS. Second, this study empirically investigated the mediating role of PIT, which provided a new explanatory mechanism for the influence of POQ. Finally, this study demonstrates the moderating role of CHSB—a situational factor that has been ignored in previous studies.

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