Professor Hong Deng hong.deng@durham.ac.uk
Honorary Professor
A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance
Deng, H.; Guan, Y.; Wu, C-H.; Erdogan, B.; Bauer, T.; Yao, X.
Authors
Professor Yanjun Guan yanjun.guan@durham.ac.uk
Honorary Professor
C-H. Wu
B. Erdogan
T. Bauer
X. Yao
Abstract
Theories of perceived overqualification have tended to focus on employees’ job-related responses to account for effects on performance. We offer an alternative perspective and theorize that perceived overqualification could influence work performance through a relational mechanism. We propose that relational skills, in the form of interpersonal influence of overqualified employees, determine their tendency to experience social acceptance and, thus, engage in positive work-related behaviors. We tested this relational model across two studies using time-lagged, multisource data. In Study 1, the results indicated that for employees high on interpersonal influence, perceived overqualification was positively related to self-reported social acceptance, whereas for employees low on interpersonal influence, the relationship was negative. Social acceptance, in turn, was positively related to in-role job performance, interpersonal altruism, and team member proactivity evaluated by supervisors. In Study 2, we focused on peer-reported social acceptance and found that the indirect relationships between perceived overqualification and supervisor-reported behavioral outcomes via social acceptance were negative when interpersonal influence was low and nonsignificant when interpersonal influence was high. The implications of the general findings are discussed.
Citation
Deng, H., Guan, Y., Wu, C., Erdogan, B., Bauer, T., & Yao, X. (2018). A Relational Model of Perceived Overqualification: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Influence on Social Acceptance. Journal of Management, 44(8), 3288-3310. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316668237
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 16, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 20, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Aug 24, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 24, 2016 |
Journal | Journal of Management |
Print ISSN | 0149-2063 |
Electronic ISSN | 1557-1211 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 3288-3310 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316668237 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1398508 |
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Hong Deng, Yanjun Guan, Chia-Huei Wu, Berrin Erdogan, Talya Bauer, and Xiang Yao (2018) A relational model of perceived overqualification: the moderating role of interpersonal influence on social acceptance, Journal of Management 44(8): 3288-3310. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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