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

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