The cross-domain impact of home stressors on job performance through leisure crafting

Purpose: We explored the mechanism underlying the associations between different home stressors and job performance. We investigated whether challenge and hindrance home stressors are related to leisure crafting and thereby to job performance. We also examined whether key resources amplify the positive association between leisure crafting and job performance.

Design/methodology/approach: We conducted a three-wave time lag study to investigate a group of employees (n = 534) in Taiwan. We evaluated challenge/hindrance home stressors and key resources at Time 1, leisure crafting one week later, i.e. at Time 2 and manager-rated job performance an additional three months later, i.e. at Time 3.

Findings: Challenge home stressors were associated with improved leisure crafting, thereby benefiting job performance; hindrance home stressors had the opposite effect. Additionally, openness to experience strengthened the positive association between leisure crafting and job performance.

Practical implications: Organizations may support employees’ efforts to promote/mitigate challenge/hindrance home stressors. They may also encourage employees to be open to life experiences that can amplify the contributions of leisure crafting to job performance.

Originality/value: The questions of whether and how home stressors are related to individuals’ work remain controversial in the literature. We offer new insights into how these stressors can contribute to or impede job performance, thereby extending our knowledge of the role of home stressors in job performance.