Mitigating work alienation in public sector service-delivery projects caused by perceived overqualification: the roles of empowering leadership and the psychological contracts

IF 2.3 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI:10.1108/ijmpb-02-2024-0038

Tariq Hameed Alvi, H. Ilyas, Samia Tariq, Ahmad Qammar, Yonggui Wang

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PurposeThe study investigates the nature of an understudied yet salient relationship between perceived overqualification (POQ) and work alienation in project management. It employs relative deprivation theory to propose two dimensions of the psychological contract, i.e. relational and transactional, as underlying mediating mechanisms and how empowering leadership mitigates the adverse effects of POQ.Design/methodology/approachTo this end, in two waves, we surveyed 232 project members of three public-sector information and communication technologies (ICT) projects in Punjab, Pakistan. The data was analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe key findings are: (1) POQ leads to work alienation, (2) relational and transactional contracts mediate this relationship, and (3) empowering leadership can mitigate the adverse effects of POQ in project management settings.Originality/valueThis research adds valuable insights to the scant POQ literature in public-sector project management settings. It also contributes by identifying the mediating role of relational and transactional psychological contracts and the moderating role of empowering leadership to mitigate the adverse effects of POQ in these settings.

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在公共部门的服务交付项目中，缓解因认为资格过高而造成的工作疏离感：增强领导力和心理契约的作用

研究目的：本研究探讨了项目管理中的感知资质过高（POQ）与工作疏离之间未被充分研究但却十分突出的关系。研究运用相对剥夺理论，提出了心理契约的两个维度，即关系型和交易型，作为潜在的中介机制，以及授权型领导如何减轻 POQ 的不利影响。我们使用偏最小平方结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）对数据进行了分析：(1) POQ 会导致工作疏离，(2) 关系型和交易型合同会调节这种关系，(3) 授权型领导可以减轻项目管理环境中 POQ 的不利影响。它还确定了关系型和交易型心理契约的中介作用以及授权型领导力的调节作用，从而减轻了项目管理环境中 POQ 的不利影响。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business seeks to advance the theory, research and practice of all aspects of project management. IJMPB is looking for top quality theoretical and empirical research with the aims of: promoting the understanding of project management and; encouraging the publication of novel project management insights using multidisciplinary approaches rooted in social sciences. The journal provides a much-needed resource involved in project management by exploring new avenues not often addressed in the field of project management.