Developing a Performance Coaching Model for Overqualified Employees in Public Sector: Implications for Career Growth and Organizational Effectiveness

Despite the well-documented benefits of performance coaching in employee development, its efficacy for overqualified employees—a critical yet overlooked talent segment—remains poorly understood. This study bridges this gap by proposing a novel coaching framework specifically designed for overqualified professionals in Iran’s Electrical Industry. Leveraging grounded theory methodology, we analyze data from ۱۶ semi-structured interviews to develop a comprehensive model featuring ۱۳۱ distinct elements categorized into ۱۸ core constructs. Our results demonstrate a dynamic interplay between Casual Factors, Contextual Conditions, and Intervening Factors in shaping job and organizational competencies. These competencies subsequently inform strategic interventions in organizational development and talent management, generating multi-level impacts across individual, team, and organizational outcomes. The proposed model not only advances theoretical understanding of coaching efficacy but also provides practitioners with an evidence-based framework for optimizing the performance of overqualified employees—a crucial resource in contemporary talent management. Despite the well-documented benefits of performance coaching in employee development, its efficacy for overqualified employees—a critical yet overlooked talent segment—remains poorly understood. This study bridges this gap by proposing a novel coaching framework specifically designed for overqualified professionals in Iran’s Electrical Industry. Leveraging grounded theory methodology, we analyze data from ۱۶ semi-structured interviews to develop a comprehensive model featuring ۱۳۱ distinct elements categorized into ۱۸ core constructs. Our results demonstrate a dynamic interplay between Casual Factors, Contextual Conditions, and Intervening Factors in shaping job and organizational competencies. These competencies subsequently inform strategic interventions in organizational development and talent management, generating multi-level impacts across individual, team, and organizational outcomes. The proposed model not only advances theoretical understanding of coaching efficacy but also provides practitioners with an evidence-based framework for optimizing the performance of overqualified employees—a crucial resource in contemporary talent management.

کلیدواژه ها:

Performance Coaching ، Overqualified Employees ، Grounded Theory Method ، Job Competency ، Iran’s Electrical Power Industry