Abstract Traditional research pays more attention to the positive and dark side of perceived overqualification. However, in real-life situations, employees may also exhibit deviant and innovative behaviors that are both positive and negative. Based on paradox theory, a theoretical model of the relationship between perceived overqualification and employees’ deviant innovation is constructed to reveal the different mediating effects of employee’s conflict experience and paradox mindset. Based on the survey data of 287 employees, the analysis results show that perceived overqualification of employees increase tension experiences, which results in a stronger paradox mindset that in turn, promotes employees’ deviance innovation. The experience of tensions and paradox mindset play the chain mediator role between perceived overqualification and deviance innovation. The research conclusions help employees to correctly deal with emotional contradictions or cognitive contradictions caused by overqualification, and to enhance paradox mindset so as to exert individual innovation potential.
WANG Zhao-hui. The Perceived Employee Over-qualification and Deviance Innovation —Research on Chain Intermediary Relationship Based on Paradox Mindset. Economic Survey, 2019, 36(5): 0128.
2019, Vol. 36 
