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This study investigates how perceptions of positive and negative work/personal life linkages, by those in training to enter the midwifery profession, are associated with their intention to stay in the profession. Work/personal life enhancement (WPLE), capturing the positive linkage, and work interference with personal life (WIPL) and personal life interference with work (PLIW), capturing the negative linkages, were assessed among 270 midwifery students enrolled in midwifery programs across Canada. The average age of these students was 31 years. WPLE was found to have a significant positive relationship with intention to stay in the profession, and WIPL and PLIW were found to have significant negative associations with the intention to stay in the profession. However, the negative associations of WIPL and PLIW with the intention to stay in the profession were moderated by individuals' perception of their WPLE. This study highlights the importance of capturing both negative and positive work/personal life linkages when studying the work/personal life interface and contributes to the literature on career-related constructs associated with work/personal life interface by looking at the intention to stay in the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]