School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China.
School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 29;18(21):11367. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111367.
Overqualification is prevalent in times of economic downturn, and research has increasingly focused on its outcomes. This study aimed to explore the psychological burden caused by perceived overqualification (POQ) and its impact on creativity among high-tech enterprise employees. Drawing from effort-reward imbalance theory, we examined the effect of POQ on emotional exhaustion, along with the mediating role of emotional exhaustion in the POQ-creativity relationship and the moderating role of pay for performance (PFP) in strengthening the link between POQ and emotional exhaustion. Using cross-sectional data from a sample of 359 employees in China, we found that (1) POQ was positively related to emotional exhaustion; (2) emotional exhaustion was negatively related to creativity; (3) PFP moderated the effect of POQ on emotional exhaustion as well as the indirect effect of POQ on creativity via emotional exhaustion. These findings have both theoretical and practical implications.
供过于求是经济衰退时期的普遍现象，研究也越来越关注其结果。本研究旨在探讨感知过度资格（POQ）给高科技企业员工带来的心理负担及其对创造力的影响。本研究以工作投入-回报失衡理论为基础，考察了 POQ 对情绪枯竭的影响，以及情绪枯竭在 POQ-创造力关系中的中介作用，以及薪酬绩效（PFP）在加强 POQ 和情绪枯竭之间联系的调节作用。我们使用了来自中国 359 名员工的横截面数据，发现：（1）POQ 与情绪枯竭呈正相关；（2）情绪枯竭与创造力呈负相关；（3）PFP 调节了 POQ 对情绪枯竭的影响，以及 POQ 通过情绪枯竭对创造力的间接影响。这些发现具有理论和实践意义。
