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Abstract
Although it is often viewed as a common phenomenon in the workforce today, the dynamics of high involvement in both work and nonwork domains has seldom been empirically investigated. Adopting tenets of boundary theory, this study examined the effects of role integration on important work-nonwork outcomes for individuals with high involvement in work and nonwork roles. Although quite a few relationships were opposite of predictions, many role integration facets were related to work-nonwork conflict and positive spillover. Furthermore, individual preferences for focusing on work and nonwork tasks simultaneously (i.e., role polychronicity) moderated some of these relationships. The form of these moderator effects highlights the need for congruence between role integration and role polychronicity in order for individuals to lessen conflict and increase positive spillover. Implications of these findings and suggestions for future work-nonwork research are also discussed.