Relationships Among Work and Non-Work Challenge and Hindrance Stressors and Non-Work and Work Criteria: A Model of Cross-Domain Stressor Effects

Abstract

In this chapter we extend previous theory on the effects of stressors at the intersection of the work–family interface by considering the challenge stressor–hindrance stressor framework. Our central proposition is that stressors in one domain (work or non-work) are associated with criteria in the same domain and across domains through four core mediating variables. Through this theoretical lens we develop a set of propositions, which as a set, suggest that managing the work–family interface involves balancing the offsetting indirect effects of challenge and hindrance stressors.

Citation

LePine, J.A., LePine, M.A. and Saul, J.R. (2007), "Relationships Among Work and Non-Work Challenge and Hindrance Stressors and Non-Work and Work Criteria: A Model of Cross-Domain Stressor Effects", Perrewé, P.L. and Ganster, D.C. (Ed.) Exploring the Work and Non-Work Interface (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 35-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3555(06)06002-1