PMID- 31695551
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220411
IS  - 1179-7258 (Print)
IS  - 1179-7258 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-7258 (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2019
TI  - Factors Influencing The Participation Of Nurses In Knowledge-Sharing Within 
      Mobile Instant Messaging Based Virtual Communities Of Practice: A Qualitative 
      Content Analysis.
PG  - 897-905
LID - 10.2147/AMEP.S222779 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: The emergence of mobile instant messaging (MIM) based virtual 
      communities of practice (VCoPs) has provided new opportunities for nurses to 
      share their knowledge and promote collaborative learning. This study was 
      conducted with the aim of exploring the factors influencing nurses' participation 
      in knowledge-sharing within MIM-based VCoPs. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a 
      qualitative study conducted in Tehran, Iran, between April 2017 and July 2018. 
      The participants were 18 nurses that selected through purposeful sampling 
      technique; then, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 
      them. Data was analyzed using conventional content analysis based on Graneheim 
      and Lundman (2004). Accordingly, all interviews were transcribed and read several 
      times; then, meaning units were identified from the transcribed text based on the 
      aim of the study and codes were extracted from them. Finally, the codes were 
      classified into categories and themes. RESULTS: A total of 26 sub-categories, 
      seven categories, and two themes were extracted. Motivations for nurses' 
      participating in knowledge-sharing activities within MIM-based VCoPs included the 
      theme "Stimuli for professional interactions" with three categories: "The 
      individual drives", "Attractive interactive environment", and "User-friendly 
      media". On the other hand, participation barriers included the theme "Impediments 
      for professional interactions" with four categories of "Individual hindrances", 
      "Social harm", "Unprofessional interactive environment" and "Undesirable media". 
      CONCLUSION: The findings of this exploratory study indicated that individual, 
      social and technological factors as well as factors associated with the 
      virtual-community interactive environment could influence nurses' participation 
      in knowledge-sharing within MIM-based VcoPs as motivations and barriers. The 
      insights obtained from this study can be a guide for administrators and educators 
      in the nursing profession to facilitate and enhance nurses' participation in 
      knowledge-sharing within MIM-based VCoPs by strengthening motivations and 
      minimizing barriers.
CI  - (c) 2019 Babajani-Vafsi et al.
FAU - Babajani-Vafsi, Saeed
AU  - Babajani-Vafsi S
AD  - Nursing Management Department, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Mokhtari Nouri, Jamileh
AU  - Mokhtari Nouri J
AD  - Nursing Management Department, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
AD  - Medicine, Quran and Hadith Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical 
      Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Ebadi, Abbas
AU  - Ebadi A
AD  - Nursing Management Department, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
AD  - Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Zolfaghari, Mitra
AU  - Zolfaghari M
AD  - Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Department of Electronic Learning in 
      Medical Sciences, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 
      Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191025
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Adv Med Educ Pract
JT  - Advances in medical education and practice
JID - 101562700
PMC - PMC6821066
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - knowledge management
OT  - mobile applications
OT  - nursing education research
OT  - social learning
OT  - social media
COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this study.
EDAT- 2019/11/07 06:00
MHDA- 2019/11/07 06:01
PMCR- 2019/10/25
CRDT- 2019/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2019/07/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/10/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/11/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/11/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/10/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 222779 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/AMEP.S222779 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Adv Med Educ Pract. 2019 Oct 25;10:897-905. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S222779. 
      eCollection 2019.