@article {33676, title = {Changing work, changing health: can real work-time flexibility promote health behaviors and well-being?}, journal = {J Health Soc Behav}, volume = {52}, number = {4}, year = {2011}, month = {2011 Dec}, pages = {404-29}, abstract = {This article investigates a change in the structuring of work time, using a natural experiment to test whether participation in a corporate initiative (Results Only Work Environment; ROWE) predicts corresponding changes in health-related outcomes. Drawing on job strain and stress process models, we theorize greater schedule control and reduced work-family conflict as key mechanisms linking this initiative with health outcomes. Longitudinal survey data from 659 employees at a corporate headquarters shows that ROWE predicts changes in health-related behaviors, including almost an extra hour of sleep on work nights. Increasing employees{\textquoteright} schedule control and reducing their work-family conflict are key mechanisms linking the ROWE innovation with changes in employees{\textquoteright} health behaviors; they also predict changes in well-being measures, providing indirect links between ROWE and well-being. This study demonstrates that organizational changes in the structuring of time can promote employee wellness, particularly in terms of prevention behaviors.}, keywords = {Adult, Conflict (Psychology), Female, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Organizational, Occupational Health, Organizational Innovation, Organizational Policy, Personal Satisfaction, Questionnaires, Sleep, Stress, Psychological, Work Schedule Tolerance}, issn = {2150-6000}, doi = {10.1177/0022146511418979}, author = {Moen, Phyllis and Kelly, Erin L and Tranby, Eric and Huang, Qinlei} }