When do resilient employees work harder? Exploring the moderating roles of overqualification and family motivation

Using conservation of resources (COR) theory as the framework, we investigated the relationship between individual resilience and work effort, and the moderating roles of two variables-overqualification and family motivation. Results from a two-wave sample (N = 220) in China indicated that individual resilience was positively related to work effort, which was strengthened by overqualification and family motivation. In particular, the positive relationship was stronger when employees were overqualified or high in family motivation. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.