Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior
Existing studies on the relationship between perceived overqualification (POQ) and voice behavior do not reach a consensus. Drawing on the job demands-resources model, this article explored the double-edged sword effect of POQ on voice behavior and its boundary condition. We test our hypotheses base...
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| description | Existing studies on the relationship between perceived overqualification (POQ) and voice behavior do not reach a consensus. Drawing on the job demands-resources model, this article explored the double-edged sword effect of POQ on voice behavior and its boundary condition. We test our hypotheses based on data collected from 430 employees across a three-wave study. The results demonstrate that POQ is negatively associated with employees’ voice behavior through emotional exhaustion. Conversely, it is also positively associated with voice behavior via self-efficacy. Employees’ careerism orientation careerism orientation moderates the relationship between POQ and self-efficacy, such that the effect is stronger when employees have high levels of careerism orientation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e27bb8b170624bfbafc8e488ef0c2f852025-08-20T04:03:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-08-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.16327741632774Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behaviorShuting XiangDan XiangJiahao LuoNuo ChenExisting studies on the relationship between perceived overqualification (POQ) and voice behavior do not reach a consensus. Drawing on the job demands-resources model, this article explored the double-edged sword effect of POQ on voice behavior and its boundary condition. We test our hypotheses based on data collected from 430 employees across a three-wave study. The results demonstrate that POQ is negatively associated with employees’ voice behavior through emotional exhaustion. Conversely, it is also positively associated with voice behavior via self-efficacy. Employees’ careerism orientation careerism orientation moderates the relationship between POQ and self-efficacy, such that the effect is stronger when employees have high levels of careerism orientation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632774/fullperceived overqualificationvoice behavioremotional exhaustionself-efficacyJD-R model |
| spellingShingle | Shuting Xiang Dan Xiang Jiahao Luo Nuo Chen Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior Frontiers in Psychology perceived overqualification voice behavior emotional exhaustion self-efficacy JD-R model |
| title | Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| title_full | Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| title_fullStr | Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| title_short | Pipe up or clam up: the double-edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| title_sort | pipe up or clam up the double edged sword effect of perceived overqualification on employee voice behavior |
| topic | perceived overqualification voice behavior emotional exhaustion self-efficacy JD-R model |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632774/full |
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