ERIC Number: EJ862494
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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The Effect of Overeducation on Job Content Innovation and Career-Enhancing Strategies among Young Spanish Employees
Agut, Sonia; Peiro, Jose M.; Grau, Rosa
Journal of Career Development, v36 n2 p159-182 2009
The increase of education in younger people and the relative scarcity of qualified jobs available for them make the overeducation of young workers a social issue. We explored the relationships between overeducation and extra-role behaviors (job content innovation and career-enhancing strategies) as well as the direct and moderating role of personal initiative and intrinsic work values in these relationships. We collected data from a sample of 638 young Spanish employees. As expected, there were negative relationships between overeducation and content innovation and career-enhancing strategies. Personal initiative and intrinsic work values related positively to extra-role behaviors. Moreover, high levels of intrinsic work values and personal initiative emerged as moderating factors that buffered the negative effect of overeducation on extra-role behaviors. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Social Problems, Occupational Information, Innovation, Education Work Relationship, Transfer of Training, Career Development, Employee Attitudes, Industrial Psychology, Educational Status Comparison, Social Exchange Theory, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Barcelona); Spain (Madrid)
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