Perceived over-qualification and organisational cynicism: The role of work-related boredom and empowering leadership

Recently, organisational cynicism has attracted increasing attention in the literature. However, we know little about how employees' experience of over-qualification relates to organisational cynicism. To address this gap, this study investigates the relationship between perceived over-qualification and organisational cynicism through the mediating role of work-related boredom and the moderating role of empowering leadership. Data were collected from 207 Greek employees in a retail organisation. Results offered support to our moderated mediation model indicating that work-related boredom mediates the link between perceived over-qualification and organisational cynicism and further that this indirect relationship is contingent on empowering leadership.