The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad

The main concern of organizational managers is to maintain effective human resources and one way to achieve the goal is to create and increase the staff career satisfaction. Two antecedents of career dissatisfaction, however, are feeling overqualified for one’s organizational position and plateau. T...

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Main Authors: Reza Sepahvand, Razieh Montazeri
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Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2021-12-01
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Online Access:http://jpm.iaut.ac.ir/article_687440_7d8e575992903ed2dab9098bc04b7f29.pdf
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description The main concern of organizational managers is to maintain effective human resources and one way to achieve the goal is to create and increase the staff career satisfaction. Two antecedents of career dissatisfaction, however, are feeling overqualified for one’s organizational position and plateau. The study set out to investigate the effect of overqualification on Najafaabaad public office employees’ career satisfaction with the mediating role of career plateau and relative deprivation. The research population comprised 370 department staff from whom a proportional sample of 169 was proportionally selected based on Morgan table. The research variables were measured via a number of questionnaires designed by Maynard et al. (2006), Callan et al. (2011), Greenhaus et al. (1990) and Wickramasinghe and Jayaweera (2010) whose reliability measures were confirmed through Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability. The data collected were further analyzed via Structural Equation Modeling and Pls Software. The findings bore on the significant reducing effect of overqualification on employees career satisfaction in the workplace.
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spelling doaj.art-8e500a6736d34247a32a953c132e234e2022-12-21T21:10:35ZfasIslamic Azad University, Tabriz Branchمدیریت بهره وری2716-99792476-72982021-12-01154(59)زمستان699210.30495/qjopm.2021.1867466.2446687440The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in NajafaabaadReza Sepahvand0Razieh Montazeri1Prof, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economic and Administration, LorestanPh.D. Candidate, Public Administration, Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Economic & Administration, Lorestan University.The main concern of organizational managers is to maintain effective human resources and one way to achieve the goal is to create and increase the staff career satisfaction. Two antecedents of career dissatisfaction, however, are feeling overqualified for one’s organizational position and plateau. The study set out to investigate the effect of overqualification on Najafaabaad public office employees’ career satisfaction with the mediating role of career plateau and relative deprivation. The research population comprised 370 department staff from whom a proportional sample of 169 was proportionally selected based on Morgan table. The research variables were measured via a number of questionnaires designed by Maynard et al. (2006), Callan et al. (2011), Greenhaus et al. (1990) and Wickramasinghe and Jayaweera (2010) whose reliability measures were confirmed through Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability. The data collected were further analyzed via Structural Equation Modeling and Pls Software. The findings bore on the significant reducing effect of overqualification on employees career satisfaction in the workplace.http://jpm.iaut.ac.ir/article_687440_7d8e575992903ed2dab9098bc04b7f29.pdfcareer plateaucareer satisfactionoverqualificationrelative deprivation
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The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
مدیریت بهره وری
career plateau
career satisfaction
overqualification
relative deprivation
title The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
title_full The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
title_fullStr The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
title_short The Effect of Overqualification on Career Satisfaction across Career Plateau and Relative Deprivation: The Case of Public Offices in Najafaabaad
title_sort effect of overqualification on career satisfaction across career plateau and relative deprivation the case of public offices in najafaabaad
topic career plateau
career satisfaction
overqualification
relative deprivation
url http://jpm.iaut.ac.ir/article_687440_7d8e575992903ed2dab9098bc04b7f29.pdf
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