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Perceived Overqualification at Work: Implications for Extra-Role Behaviors and Advice Network Centrality
Journal of Management
  • Berrin Erdogan, Portland State University
  • Aysegul Karaeminogullari, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Cali
  • Talya N. Bauer, Portland State University
  • Allison M. Ellis, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Abstract

In this study, we hypothesized that perceived overqualification would interact with person-organization fit (P-O fit) to predict extra-role behaviors toward coworkers (organizational citizenship behaviors targeting others [OCBI] and voice) and indirectly relate to advice network centrality. We collected data from 332 municipality services employees reporting to 41 supervisors in Istanbul, Turkey, across three timepoints and from three different sources. Tests of our model provided partial support for our predictions. Results revealed that perceived overqualification had negative main effects on OCBI and interacted with P-O fit to affect voice. Further, P-O fit moderated the indirect effects of perceived overqualification on advice network centrality such that there were significant negative indirect effects via OCBI only when P-O fit is low. Implications for the overqualification, perceptions of fit, and social network literatures are discussed.

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Copyright © 2020 by Southern Management Association

DOI
10.1177/0149206318804331
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32602
Citation Information
Erdogan, B., Karaeminogullari, A., Bauer, T. N., & Ellis, A. M. (2020). Perceived Overqualification at Work: Implications for Extra-Role Behaviors and Advice Network Centrality. Journal of Management, 46(4), 583–606. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206318804331