This study examined the relationship of overall job stress, challenge stress and hindrance stress with job performance, absenteeism and turnover intention among hospital nurses (N=255) in the Gulf States of the Middle East. Multiple sources of data collection were employed. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on measures of job stress and turnover intention. Job performance and absenteeism data were obtained from hospital records. Multiple regressions and moderated multiple regressions were used to analyze data. Overall job stress, hindrance stress and challenge stress were significantly related to job performance, absenteeism and turnover intention. No differential effects of challenge and hindrance stress were found for the study’s three dependent variables. Professional commitment among nurses moderated more than 50 percent relationship between the measures of stress and dependent variables. Overall, the results of the present study supported the convergence instead of divergence perspective in international management. Implications of the findings are discussed for future researchers in international and cross-cultural management.