College students’ perceived overqualification and adaptation: A double-edged sword model

Better to be the head of a dog or the tail of a lion? Revisiting the double-edged sword model of college students' perceived overqualification

“…Although the results of Xu et al (2017) are consistent with most extant studies that demonstrated negative consequences of POQ, we are more in favor of Wang et al's (2022) nding because their measurement of POQ is more reliable. To the best of our knowledge, there was no published reliable measurement tool of college students' POQ until Wang et al's (2022) study: they developed their questionnaire with a thematic analysis approach and reported acceptable psychometric properties including internal consistency, testretest reliabilities, convergent and discrimination validity, and structural validity. In contrast, Xu et al (2017) did not specify their POQ measurement and only reported internal consistency rather than other psychometric properties.…”

“…Drawing on relative deprivation theory and cognitive consistency theory, Wang et al (2022) proposed and veri ed a double-edged sword model (Figure 1). In this study, we revisit this model for two primary reasons.…”

“…Since there is evidence suggesting that a similar mismatch between students and colleges also exists (Ovink et al, 2017), Wang et al (2022) anticipated that some students may also perceive themselves to be overquali ed. Although most extant studies regard POQ as an unfavorable condition (Erdogan & Bauer, 2021;Muskens et al, 2019), Wang et al (2022) recognized POQ as a double-edged sword for college students: POQ negatively predicted college students' life satisfaction while positively predicting learning motivation at the same time. Carrying on the work done by Wang et al (2022), this study aimed to untangle the underlying mediating mechanism between POQ, learning engagement, and life satisfaction.…”

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School psychologists are always concerned about underperforming students; however, a recent study calls attention to a group of college students who believe themselves to outperform other students while also worrying about their futures: students who perceive themselves to be overquali ed (POQ) (Wang et al, 2022). In this study, we revisited the double-edged sword model of college students' POQ by untangling the mediating mechanism between POQ, learning engagement, and the life satisfaction of college seniors.

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Development and evaluation of the pharmacy alumni employment experience questionnaire

“…Furthermore, the alignment of pharmacy courses with pharmacy practice was deemed crucial for job satisfaction (Chikanda, 2006). On the other hand, overeducation refers to employees' possession of education or skills that surpass their job requirements, while under-utilisation of skills refers to the perception that employees' capabilities are not being properly used (Khan & Morrow, 1991;Wang et al, 2022). Overor under-education, and skill utilisation were shown to be major job satisfaction determinants (Cox & Fitzpatrick, 1999;Sansgiry & Ngo, 2003;Lau, Pang, & Chui, 2011).…”