華師經(jīng)管學術(shù)講座第441 期（管理）
【題目】To Stand Out or Fit In? How Perceived Overqualification Motivates Proactive and Affiliative Performance
【時間】2023年6月1日（周四）14:00
【地點】經(jīng)管學院文二棟301會議室
【主講人】馬超 博士
【主持人】熊冠星 副教授
【摘要】
Contributing to the literature on positive effects of overqualification, this research examines when and why perceived overqualification predicts affiliative and proactive performance at work. Integrating optimal distinctiveness theory with self-construal theory, we propose that depending on the nature of an employee’s self-construal (i.e., independent, or interdependent), perceived overqualification will be associated with two opposing motivational processes—namely, differentiation and assimilation. We expect perceived overqualification to have a positive relationship with a motive for assimilation when an employee has a strong interdependent self-construal. Conversely, we expect perceived overqualification to have a positive relationship with a motive for differentiation when an employee has a strong independent self-construal. We further argue that assimilation seeking and differentiation seeking motives will be positively related to affiliative and proactive performance, respectively. We conducted two multi-waved and multi-sourced studies to test our hypotheses. In a pilot study (N = 249), we first tested our moderation hypothesis. In our main study (N = 496), we tested our overall moderated mediation model. Results from both studies reveal that perceived overqualification can trigger a need for differentiation or assimilation in employees depending on the nature of their self-construal. The differentiation seeking motive was positively related to proactive performance, while the assimilation seeking motive was positively related to affiliative performance. Our findings advance overqualification and motivation literatures and provide insights into talent acquisition and management.
【主講人簡介】
馬超博士在香港浸會大學獲得工商管理學士學位（一等榮譽），在澳大利亞國立大學取得商業(yè)管理碩士和哲學碩士學位，并獲得澳大利亞國立大學管理學博士學位，目前在澳大利亞國立大學商業(yè)與經(jīng)濟學院管理研究院擔任講師（助理教授）， 澳大利亞國立大學亞澳領(lǐng)導力中心首席研究員。馬超博士的研究領(lǐng)域包括人力資源管理和組織行為學，如領(lǐng)導力、資質(zhì)過度感知、職業(yè)發(fā)展，以及績效管理等課題。馬超的研究成果發(fā)表在包括FT50管理學期刊以及澳大利亞ABDC-A*/A排名期刊等國際學術(shù)期刊：Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Personnel Review等.