The aim of this study is to examine the role of women’s work motivational drivers on work-home conflict (WHC) and work-home enrichment (WHE). It further considers the moderating role of psychological detachment from work during recovery periods between one work day and the next and how it impacts on the mediating role of WHC and WHE on both in-role and extra-role performance. Drawing on self-determination theory and the conservation of resources theory, the study employs a quantitative lagged study to examine these relationships over a period of three days, with data collected from 358 Saudi women working in academia. Moderated mediated structural equation modelling analysis are conducted. As hypothesised, results show that intrinsic motivation is significantly and positively related to work-home and home-work enrichment, whereas extrinsic motivation is only significantly and positively related to home-work conflict. In regards to the moderation effects, the relationship between intrinsic motivation and recovery interaction is supported for homework enrichment only but in the opposite direction to what was predicted. That is, detaching from work, weakens the path between intrinsic motivation and HWE. In line with predictions, work-home enrichment is significantly and positively related to citizenship behaviour towards both individuals and organizations, while home-work enrichment is significantly related to citizenship behaviour towards individuals only. Home-work conflict is significantly and negatively related to citizenship behaviour toward the organization. However, contrary to our hypotheses, no significant relationships are found between enrichment and conflict work-home domains with in-role performance. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of what nurtures WHE and WHC, adds a new motivational perspective for work-life research and addresses a shortcoming of work-life research in considering a culturally distinctive population. Future research avenues are also discussed