Purpose: Departing from previous research which shows that abusive supervision, as a salient job demand, induces detrimental employee outcomes, this study examines how to create constructive consequences of abusive supervision. To do so, the authors identify the boundary conditions to change...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to delve into perceived underqualification, which refers to employees’ awareness that they have deficient abilities relative to their job demands (abilities<demands). In examining person–job (P–J) misfit, previous research has primarily focused on one type of misfit, overqualification (abilities>demands), leaving the other type, underqualification, unexplored. To address the neglect, this...</demands).>

Perceived overqualification and underqualification, as two forms of person – job misfit in different directions, are expected to negatively relate to job attitudes/performance. However, drawing upon expectancy – value theory of motivation, we propose that employees with overqualification or...

This study seeks effective ways for managing employees with a high Machiavellian personality in organizations by identifying how to enhance their pro-organizational attitudes (organizational commitment) and behaviors [organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)] through transformational leadership...

The potential of shared capitalism to improve individual and organizational performance through financial incentives depends on employees knowing about and participating in compensation plans that link rewards to performance. This paper therefore analyzes a survey of employees from multiple...