Özet:

Presenteeism (not being on the job actively) is defined as being at work not fully functioning because of reduced performance although they are sick and having mental or physical problems. Although the term of Presenteeism is a phenomenon just introduced regarding to the performance, productivity, and health at work, it is one of the main issues, which should be discussed carefully.  The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of presenteeism perception of teachers working in educational intuitions on their performance and to reveal whether these actions differ according to some variables.   In addition to this, it is aimed to establish the level and the direction of the relations between the variants of the study. In accordance with this purpose, a questionnaire has been carried out on 829 teachers working in the educational intuitions in Mersin and Kahramanmaraş located in Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Correlation, regression, Kruskall-Wallis, and Man-Whitney U analysis tests made on the data acquired from the questionnaire using SPSS programme.   According to the result of the study, it has been determined that; there is a meaningful negative relationship between presenteeism and employee performance, “completing work” dimension of presenteeism effects employee performance negatively, there is no meaningful effect of “avoiding distraction” dimension on employee performance, and socio-demographic characteristics do not cause a meaningful difference on the variables of the study.