...Daokui Jiang; Lei Ning; Yaru Liu Purpose Perceived overqualification, though common in organizations, lacks a comprehensive understanding of its impact mechanisms on task performance. This study aims to bridge this gap by investigating how perceived overqualification influences task performance...

... findings show that a hostile attributional style plays a completely mediating role. Mutual recognition respect and an overwork climate mitigate the relationship between perceived overqualification and a hostile attributional style rather than between a hostile attributional style and feedback-seeking...

... that supervisor perceived overqualification prompted supervisor job anxiety, which then led to raised exploitative leadership. Additionally, we found that supervisor psychological entitlement intensified the direct effect of supervisor perceived overqualification on supervisor job anxiety as well as the indirect...

... and Mplus 8.0. Findings It was concluded that, (1) perceived overqualification is negatively related to employees' innovation behaviour (β = −0.32, p < 0.001); (2) psychological contract breach and psychological distance partially mediate the relationship between perceived overqualification...