Conceptualizing Performance Processes: A Model to Guide Research Linking Quality of Life and Performance

Released September 2003

This report examines how performance at work is affected by experiences and conditions outside the work domain, such as marital relations, financial circumstances, community support, and social networks. Intuition tells us there is a connection between our work and non-work experiences; however, existing research is limited in what it tells us about the nature of the relationship between the quality of our lives and our job performance. Presented in this report is a new framework for analyzing the relationship between work and non-work experiences.

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