Decision Support Systems as a Moderator for the Relationship between Tacit Knowledge and Strategic Decision Quality among Nurse Managers | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 12, Issue 47 - Serial Number 1, November 2024, Pages 56-66 PDF (796.97 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2024.328872.1933 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Azza Ali Mohammedin1; Reda Hassan Hussien2; karima Hosny Abdelhafez* 3 | ||
| 1Head nurse of Gastroenterology Department at Dakhla General Hospital, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Leveraging Decision Support Systems (DSS) enhances nurses' access to tacit knowledge, eventually enhancing the quality of their strategic decision-making in patient care. Aim: To investigate the nurse managers' perception about decision support systems (DSS) as a moderator affect the relationship between tacit knowledge and strategic decision quality. Design: Descriptive correlational design. Setting: 12 hospitals affiliated to Assiut University. Subject: All nurse managers (N=255) working at Assiut University Hospitals. Study tools: Tacit knowledge scale, Decision support systems scale and Strategic decisions quality scale. Results: There was a positive correlation between decision support systems, tacit knowledge and strategic decision quality. Conclusion: Decision support systems play a moderator role in enhancing the relationship between tacit knowledge and strategic decision quality. Recommendations: Conducting training programs on nurses’ abilities to leverage DSS for strategic decision-making. Applying future studies at different health care settings to generalize the results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Decision support systems; Nurse managers; Strategic decisions quality & Tacit knowledge | ||
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