This text explores the role of employee participation§in decision-making within the devolved Australian§industrial relations environment. Workplace§Bargaining aimed to facilitate labour market§restructuring and improve productivity, but also§offered employees greater opportunity to participate§in changed work practices, conditions of employment§and improve their rewards. Concerns quickly emerged§as work intensified, hours and job insecurity§increased. Was employee participation even happening?§ This text reports on a cross-sectional and§longitudinal investigation, using Structural Equation§Modelling to investigate these relationships. The§results indicate that participatory decision-making§contributes to job satisfaction, affective commitment§and productivity. The caution is that increased§demands for performance need to be matched with§equitable rewards and should not extend to role§overload, which can reduce commitment, satisfaction§and ultimately effectiveness.