However, spillovers are not only negative. Positive spillovers include experience, skills, knowledge, and networks gained at home becoming useful at work, and vice versa (Andreassi & Thompson, 2007). Compensation theory proposes a contrary view and suggests that people search for what they are missing in one domain from other domains (Staines, 1980). Negative experiences in one domain may incite a search for positive experiences in the other domains. For example, a person lacking creative activities at work might fulfil that side of themselves at home, whereas marital disputes might encourage more investment in the quality of relationships at work.
