EMPLOYEES WHO FEEL OVERQUALIFIED VIEW MORE WORK TASKS AS UNREASONABLE

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Employers typically seek out well-qualified candidates, but a new study by researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management highlights the potential risks associated with workers who feel overqualified for their jobs. When employees saw themselves as overqualified, they were more likely to consider some of their workload to be unfair or worthless, the researchers said.

In a study available online now and slated for publication in the October issue of the International Journal of Hospitality Management, the researchers demonstrated that when hospitality employees felt overqualified, they were more likely to ...