The Relationship between Perceived Overqualification with Job Satisfaction and Job Boredom, and the Moderating Role of Work Meaningfulness, Member-Leader Exchange and Team Cohesion

Ebrahimi Loya, Pernia; Naami, Abdulzahra; Hashemi, Seyed Esmaeil

doi:10.30473/sc.2024.71680.2991

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ MA. Student Industrial and Organizational Psychology Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

² Professor, Department of PsychologyShahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

³ Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/sc.2024.71680.2991

Abstract

Recently, due to factors such as the unfavorable economic situation, global changes in work and the increase in the level of education, the concern and problem of human resource management of organizations is that a large number of employees have an education level, skills and capabilities beyond what is necessary for the successful implementation of the job. are collisions. The purpose of the current research was to determined the relationship between perceived overqualification with job satisfaction and job boredom, and determine the moderating role of work meaningfulness, member-leader exchange and team cohesion in the relationship between perceived overqualification with job satisfaction and job boredom. The research design was cross-sectional. The statistical Sample included 180 participants that were selected by sample random sampling from a company in Tehran. The instruments included questioners of job satisfaction (Agho et al.., 1992), perceived over qualification (Maynard et al. 2006), job boredom (Vodanovich & Kass, 1990), cohesion work (Carless & De Paola, 2000), work meaningfulness (Steger et al., 2012) and member-leader exchange (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995). In this research, data analysis was done by correlation and regression methods using the SPSS software. In addition, work meaningfulness, member-leader exchange, and team cohesion team cohesion moderated the relationship between perceived overqualification with job satisfaction, and job boredom. The inherent limitation of the present study is the cross-sectional research design, which does not provide the possibility of causal inference from the results. Although the proposed hypotheses are designed based on strong theories in the field of super-competence, the existence of reverse causality is not far from the mind. In addition, the use of only questionnaires can be another limitation of this research. It is suggested that this research be carried out in other organizations to determine the generalizability of the results.

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social Psychology

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