Participation of employees in management of an institution is an important determinant of organization activity effectiveness, quality development, satisfaction of employees at work, generation and realization of new ideas. There are no researches performed in Lithuanian institutions, which would analyse participation of employees in decision-making on managerial issues of an organization. Aim of the study: to analyse participation of employees in management of a hospital. There are two objectives to succeed in this aim: 1) to examine managers attitude towards recent participation of employees in management of a hospital; 2) to compare participation of physicians and nurses in the management of a hospital. Methods of the research: questionnaire and comparative analysis. During the research 300 questionnaires were distributed, 206 of them were returned (26 percent of all physicians, 28 percent of all nurses and 38 percent of all nurse’s assistants were questioned). The data was processed and analysed using statistical package SPSS 9.0. Hypotheses were checked using χ2, Wilkinson, Freedman, Man-Witney, Z criterions. Results: it was settled that an input of employees, who participated in the research, to the decision-making on managerial issues of the institution is insufficient. Only 23,2 percents of employees were involved in discussions about the projects implemented in the hospital. Employees should and could be more active. Almost all questioned managers are positive... [to full text]