en Healt care Management پژوهشي Original article <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Background</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> Job satisfaction and the quality of work life are measured as indicators of organizational development in many studies.Work&rsquo;s nurses affected from this two variables .This research aims to study the relationship between quality of work life and job satisfaction among nurses. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This was a descriptive analytic</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">study. Research population included </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">538</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> nurses in Golestan hospital in Ahvaz in 2020.&nbsp; 111 nurses were selected through simple random sampling. Data collection instruments were Walton quality of work life and Whiskey and Chrome job satisfaction questionnaires. The reliability and validity were measured. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, independent t-test and ANOVA in SPSS₂₀.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Results: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">In this study, 32.40 % of the participants were male and 67.60 % were female. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Quality of work life and job satisfaction showed a significant and moderate correlation (r = 0.36, P-value < 0.001).&nbsp; Results indicated a significant correlation between job satisfaction and components of quality of work life (P-value< 0.05), except for the general atmosphere of working life (P-value> 0.05). There was no significant correlation between the study&#39;s variables and demographic characteristics. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family:Calibri,"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> There is a significant relation between the quality of work life and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction among nurses in Ahvaz hospitals can be increased by implementing programs to improve the quality of work life. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Quality of work life, Job satisfaction, Nurses, Hospital, Cross-sectional study 188 196 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-378-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Dargahpour 0000-0001-9788-6861 No Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Parisa Jalali 0000-0002-1040-4653 No Department of Health, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Kerman Mohsen Mohammadi mohsen2019@ymail.com 0000-0001-5016-2436 Yes Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran