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Dual relational model of perceived overqualification: Employee's self‐concept and task performance
Author(s) -
Li Yi,
Wu Mengru,
Li Nana,
Zhang Man
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12261
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , sample (material) , insider , task (project management) , supervisor , moderated mediation , mediation , popularity , dual (grammatical number) , management , art , chemistry , literature , chromatography , political science , law , economics
Drawing upon self‐representation theory and using a relationship perspective, we constructed a dual‐path‐moderated mediation model to examine the relationship between employees’ perceived overqualification and task performance. We tested this model with data from a sample of 242 subordinate‐supervisor dyads in Shanghai, China. The results suggested that perceived overqualification had a negative indirect effect on task performance through perceived insider status (PIS), and popularity moderated the negative association between perceived overqualification and PIS. In addition, the relationship between perceived overqualification and task performance via organization‐based self‐esteem was positive when supervisor‐subordinate guanxi was high but negative when it was low. The implications, limitations, and future research directions of these findings are discussed.