The Relationship Between Overeducation and Job Satisfaction Among Young Spanish Workers: The Role of Salary,Contract of Employment,and Work Experience |
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| Authors: | José M Peiró Sonia Agut Rosa Grau |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social PsychologyUniversity of ValènciaandValèncian Institute of Economic ResearchValencia, Spain;2. This paper was written with the support of the IVIE and the Fundación Bancaja (Valencia, Spain) and was partially supported by a research grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, Research Project #SEJ2006‐14086/PSIC. The authors thank José García‐Montalvo and Asunción Soro, who, together with the first author, carried out the main study in which the data used in the present study were collected.;3. Department of Psychology Jaume I UniversityCastellón, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The increase of education in younger generations and the relative scarcity of qualified jobs available for them makes overeducation of young employees a social issue. We explored the relationships between overeducation and job satisfaction (extrinsic, intrinsic, social facet), as well as the direct and moderating role of salary, contract of employment, and work experience in these relationships using hierarchical regression analyses. Data were collected from a sample of 643 young Spanish employees. As expected, there were negative relationships between overeducation and all 3 satisfaction facets. Moreover, high work experience emerged as a moderating factor that buffered the negative effect of overeducation on extrinsic satisfaction. Contract of employment and salary did not moderate these relationships. |
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