title: Nurse managers' work life quality and their participation in knowledge management: a correlational study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association between quality of work life and participation in knowledge management is unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to discover the association between quality of work life of nurse managers and their participation in implementing knowledge management.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a correlational study. All nurse managers (71 people) from 11 hospitals affiliated with the Social Security Organization in Tehran, Iran, were included. They were asked to rate their participation in knowledge management and their quality of work life. Data was gathered by a researcher-made questionnaire (May-June 2012). The questionnaire was validated by content and construct validity approaches. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate reliability. Finally, 50 questionnaires were analyzed. The answers were scored and analyzed using mean of scores, T-test, ANOVA (or nonparametric test, if appropriate), Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurse managers' performance to implement knowledge management strategies was moderate. A significant correlation was found between quality of work life of nurse managers and their participation in implementing knowledge management strategies (r = 0.82; P < 0.001). The strongest correlations were found between implementation of knowledge management and participation of nurse managers in decision making (r = 0.82; P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improvement of nurse managers' work life quality, especially in decision-making, may increase their participation in implementing knowledge management.
authors.affiliation: Eye Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hashemi Dehaghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikhtaheri
authors.affiliation: Social Security Organization, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dehnavi
keywords: Job Satisfaction; Knowledge Management; Nurse Administrators