Author(s)

Qiu Wei, Biaobin Yan

Affiliation(s)

School of Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

In order to explore the relationship between work attitude and work behavior of temporary employees in China, 242 college interns or part-time students were investigated to investigate the relationship among their sense of over qualification, initiative behavior and sense of responsibility. The results showed that: (1) the scores of education level and KSAs were higher than the average, while the scores of experience and qualification were lower than the average. (2) The correlation between educational level, KSAs and initiative behavior was 0.417-0.620, that of experience and initiative was -0.227-0.084, and that of responsibility was between 0.413-0.571. (3) Responsibility plays a moderating role in the relationship between over qualification and proactive behavior.

KEYWORDS

Temporary employees; sense of over qualification; initiative behavior; sense of responsibility.

CITE THIS PAPER

Wei Qiu, Yan Biaobin. Research on the relationship among over qualification, initiative behavior and responsibility of temporary employees. Eurasia Journal of Science and Technology. 2020, 2(2): 1-9.

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