Perceptions of Nonwork-to-Work Spillover: Challenging the Common View of Conflict-Ridden Domain Relationships

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Abstract
This study examined the nature and predictors of the spillover from nonwork domains to work. A sample of 110 men and women from a variety of business settings indicated how parenting, community work, and recreation affected work. They agreed more strongly with statements about positive nonwork-to-work spillover than with those about the negative side. Agreement with the statements was related to the kind of nonwork domain, domain qualities, and the sex of the individual. in general, domain involvement appeared to enhance both positive and negative sides of spillover, whereas domain satisfaction enhanced the positive hut reduced the negative. Surprisingly, women disagreed more strongly with statements about negative spillover than did men. These perceptions challenge the common view of domain relationships being conflict ridden and invite further attention to positive spillover, the ignored side of spillover.