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Perceived overqualification and health: a longitudinal analysis
1Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA.
Abstract:
The authors examined the effects of perceived overqualification on health and health decline by means of a 2-wave panel study of members of a midwestern American Postal Workers Union local. The 1st hypothesis was that overqualification was negatively related to health at Time 2 (T2); the second hypothesis was that overqualification was positively related to perceived health decline at T2. Neither was supported by the data. However, the relationships were in the expected direction for perceived mismatch but not for the perceived no grow dimension of overqualification. The results imply that perceived no grow may have immediate threats to health, whereas perceived mismatch may have longer term implications for health. The stability of perceived health between Time 1 (T1) and T2 could overshadow a longitudinal effect of overqualification on health and health decline at T2.
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