... to reduced leader undermining and increased leader coaching. Furthermore, leader identity mediates the relationship between leaders’ perceived overqualification and these leadership behaviors. Additionally, followers’ identification with their leaders moderates the downstream effects of leaders’ perceived...

...Fang Liu; Junbang Lan; Weichun Zhu; Yuanyuan Gong; Xue Peng Purpose Drawing upon social comparison theory, this paper explores the (in)congruence effect of leader and follower overqualification on leader's downward envy, which in turn leads to leader undermining behavior. Design/methodology...