TY - JOUR
T1 - Overqualification Theory, Research, and Practice
T2 - Things That Matter
AU - Erdogan, Berrin
AU - Bauer, Talya N.
AU - Peiró, José María
AU - Truxillo, Donald M.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - In our focal article, we contended that overqualified employees may present unique advantages to hiring organizations and that decisions regarding overqualified employees should be made considering the strengths as well as potential limitations of employing overqualified employees. In this response to commentaries on our original article, we identify distinctions researchers should pay attention to. Specifically, measurement of overqualification (whether objective or subjective measures are used), dimension of overqualification in question (overeducation, being overskilled, overintelligence, or overexperience), when and from whose perspective overqualification is assessed (before or after employment), whether overqualification occurs within the context of other overqualified employees, the degree of choice available to the job applicant in becoming overqualified, as well as the specific nature of the population being affected by overqualification are important issues that affect the theory as well as management of overqualification.
AB - In our focal article, we contended that overqualified employees may present unique advantages to hiring organizations and that decisions regarding overqualified employees should be made considering the strengths as well as potential limitations of employing overqualified employees. In this response to commentaries on our original article, we identify distinctions researchers should pay attention to. Specifically, measurement of overqualification (whether objective or subjective measures are used), dimension of overqualification in question (overeducation, being overskilled, overintelligence, or overexperience), when and from whose perspective overqualification is assessed (before or after employment), whether overqualification occurs within the context of other overqualified employees, the degree of choice available to the job applicant in becoming overqualified, as well as the specific nature of the population being affected by overqualification are important issues that affect the theory as well as management of overqualification.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867678000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01339.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01339.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867678000
SN - 1754-9426
VL - 4
SP - 260
EP - 267
JO - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
JF - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -