Work–life boundary integration reflects the extent to which work-related and personal-life activities, thoughts, communications, and responsibilities cross domain boundaries, rather than the quality or success of work–life functioning. This cross-sectional study examined the associations of challenge stressors (workload, complexity, and time pressure) and hindrance stressors (role ambiguity, role conflict, and bureaucratic constraints) with work-to-life and life-to-work boundary integration among 209 married female professional consultants aged 18–40 years in Jabodetabek. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires and analysed using SmartPLS. Hindrance stressors were positively associated with both work-to-life boundary integration (β = .474, p < .001) and life-to-work boundary integration (β = .418, p < .001), whereas challenge stressors were not significantly associated with either dimension. These findings suggest that role ambiguity and organizational obstacles may be relevant correlates of employees’ boundary management. However, the nonsignificant challenge-stressor associations should not be interpreted as evidence that high workloads are harmless.
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