The relationship between perceived overqualification and individual performance and mediating mechanisms: A meta-analytic review and examination of emotional and cognitive processing systems and cultural contexts

Yang, Weiwen; Li, Chaoping

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2021.00527

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“…To our knowledge, existing college students' POQ studies only focus on Chinese students. Since previous meta-analyses suggested that cultural factors moderate the relationship between POQ and outcomes in workplace (Harari et al, 2017;Yang & Li, 2021), a similar effect may also exist for college students.…”

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“…Since POQ represents a kind of positive evaluation in regard to one's KSAs (Liu & Mo, 2012), it is likely that employees can build positive self-e cacy in the workplace, as long as their surplus KSAs can help them better complete their daily work. However, the positive relationship between POQ and self-e cacy was hardly supported by studies in organizational psychology, with a meta-analysis revealing nonsigni cant relationship between POQ and self-e cacy (Yang & Li, 2021).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In contrast, participants in Wang et al's (2022) study and this study were from China, which is characterized as a collectivistic culture. Two meta-analyses demonstrated that such cultural difference is one of the important boundary conditions of POQ (Harari et al, 2017;Yang & Li, 2021): some negative effects of POQ are buffered in countries that are characterized as having a high power distance or collectivistic culture. Therefore, the differences in outcomes could also be due to cultural differences.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Better to be the head of a dog or the tail of a lion? Revisiting the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification

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School psychologists are always concerned about underperforming students; however, a recent study calls attention to a group of college students who believe themselves to outperform other students while also worrying about their futures: students who perceive themselves to be overqualified (POQ) (Wang et al., 2022). In this study, we revisited the double-edged sword model of college students’ POQ by untangling the mediating mechanism between POQ, learning engagement, and the life satisfaction of college seniors. Two questionnaire surveys were conducted and attained somewhat different results from previous studies: 1. POQ positively predicted learning engagement via the mediation of career aspiration and performance-approach goals, but not performance-avoidance goals; 2. The positive effects of POQ on career aspirations, performance-approach goals, and learning engagement were weakened by a growth mindset; 3. The relationship between POQ and life satisfaction was nonsignificant, relative deprivation negatively mediated this relationship while general self-efficacy positively mediated this relationship. These findings enriched our understanding of how POQ affect college students’ learning and living and provided evidence that growth mindset is less beneficial for members of advantaged groups in academic settings. Based on our findings, we offered practical suggestions regarding POQ students in colleges.

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Better to be the head of a dog or the tail of a lion? Revisiting the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification

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Hou

Wang

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“…Zhang and Li (2020) considered perceived overqualification as underutilization and frustration, which may inhibit the satisfaction of psychological state brought by career growth. Yang and Li (2021) found that perceived overqualification led to frustration and positively affects negative emotions. In a specific cultural context, perceived overqualification has a negative impact on positive self-concept.…”

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How Chinese Employees’ Voice Behavior Is Motivated: The Role of Perceived Overqualification

Xiao-yu

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Drawing on the conservation of resources theory (COR), we examined the effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) on the voice behavior via role breadth self-efficacy, and how the perceived overqualification moderates the relationship between LMX and voice behavior. We tested the theoretical model with data gathered from 407 individuals in China. The results revealed that LMX had an indirect effect on voice behavior through role breadth self-efficacy, and perceived overqualification moderated the positive association between LMX and role breadth self-efficacy. In addition, the mediating effect of LMX on voice behavior through role breadth self-efficacy was stronger when the level of perceived overqualification was low and weaker when it was high. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for increasing employees’ voice behavior in organizations.

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“…In terms of the cultural background, we divide cultural values into individualism and collectivism viewed at the national level according to the divisions by Hofstede et al (2010) . According to the coding method of Yang and Li (2021) , the countries with an individualism index beyond 50 are deemed as countries with an individualism cultural tendency, highlighted by the United States, France, Germany, and Spain. The countries with the individualism scores below 50 are deemed as countries with collectivism cultural tendencies, highlighted by China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Turkey.…”

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The Test Based on Meta-Analysis on “Does Workaholism Prefer Task Performance or Contextual Performance?”

Cheng¹,

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The relationship between workaholism and work performance is explored by meta-analysis in this article. After searching relevant references, we had gained 94 individual effect sizes (n = 57,352), 45 individual samples, and 37 references. Through the heterogeneity test, it was shown that the random effect model is more suitable. The main effect analysis showed that there is a significant positive correlation between workaholism, working excessively, working compulsively, and work performance, and further analysis showed that workaholism emphasizes the improvement of contextual performance. The subgroup test showed that the relationship between workaholism, working excessively, working compulsively, and work performance is influenced by the measurement tools of workaholism, but not influenced by the cultural background differences and time-lag research. The above results show that workaholism and its dimensions have different influences on different aspects of work performance. Besides, it is worthy to consider the moderating function of the measurement tools of workaholism in the relationship between workaholism and work performance.

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The relationship between perceived overqualification and individual performance and mediating mechanisms: A meta-analytic review and examination of emotional and cognitive processing systems and cultural contexts

Cited by 13 publications

References 25 publications

Better to be the head of a dog or the tail of a lion? Revisiting the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification

Better to be the head of a dog or the tail of a lion? Revisiting the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification

How Chinese Employees’ Voice Behavior Is Motivated: The Role of Perceived Overqualification

The Test Based on Meta-Analysis on “Does Workaholism Prefer Task Performance or Contextual Performance?”

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