TY - CHAP AB - This study explores how participation in decision making (PDM) can help employees balance the demands from work and life. Based on Karasek's (1979) job demand–job control model, this study hypothesizes that work hours moderate the relationship between PDW and work–life conflict. Using a linked employer and employee two-year survey, this study finds that PDM can reduce work–life conflict, but the reduction only works for employees who work long hours. For those employees who work short hours, PDM increases their work–life conflict. VL - 18 SN - 978-0-85724-907-4, 978-0-85724-908-1/0742-6186 DO - 10.1108/S0742-6186(2011)0000018008 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-6186(2011)0000018008 AU - Wang Jing ED - David Lewin ED - Bruce E. Kaufman ED - Paul J. Gollan PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - Reducing Work–Life Conflict: The Role of Participating in Decision Making T2 - Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations T3 - Advances in Industrial & Labor Relations PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 153 EP - 175 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -