A study on the influence of perception of excess Qualifications on job burnout in college graduates

Abstract

Based on the theoretical perspective of relative deprivation theory, this paper analyzes the empirical data of 352 employees who have experienced higher education, and explores the mechanism of employee perception of excess qualifications on employee job burnout. The results show that the perception of overqualification can strengthen job burnout in three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, low sense of achievement and cynicism. Insider's identity perception and organizational support perception negatively moderated the effect of employee's overqualification perception on job burnout.