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Perceived Overqualification and Intensive Smartphone Use: A Moderated Mediation Model.
Xiongliang Peng1, Kun Yu1, Kairui Zhang1
1Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|March 14, 2022
Summary
Perceived overqualification increases intensive smartphone use through job boredom. High affective commitment weakens this link, offering insights into workplace digital behavior.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Workplace Behavior
Background:
- Previous research on intensive smartphone use overlooked person-environment (P-E) fit.
- Studies often examined personal or environmental factors in isolation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of perceived overqualification (POQ) on intensive smartphone use.
- To explore the mediating role of job boredom and the moderating role of affective commitment in this relationship.
Main Methods:
- Utilized four-wave time-lag data from 450 workers across 62 teams.
- Applied statistical analyses to test the proposed mediation and moderation hypotheses.
Main Results:
- Perceived overqualification (POQ) was found to increase job boredom.
- Increased job boredom subsequently led to higher intensive smartphone use.
- Affective commitment significantly moderated the indirect effect, weakening the POQ-job boredom-smartphone use link.
Conclusions:
- Person-environment (P-E) fit, specifically perceived overqualification, is a significant factor in intensive smartphone use.
- Job boredom acts as a key mediator, while affective commitment can buffer this effect.
- Findings offer valuable insights for managing digital device usage in the workplace.
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