Abstract:

This study aims to reveal the relationship between the perceptions of administrative arrogance and presenteeism of research assistants and lecturers working in different units of a state university. The population of this research, which was carried out with the quantitative method, consists of 952 lecturers working in different units. Professors, associate professors and assistant professors were not included in the population, only research assistants (556 people) and lecturers (396 people) who were at the bottom of the academic hierarchy at the university were included. The sample of the study consisted of 306 lecturers selected by the simple random sampling method. In the study, the "Administrative Arrogance Scale" was used to determine the perceptions of the administrators' arrogance and the "Presenteism Scale" was used to determine the perceptions of presenteeism. According to the findings, while the perceptions of the administrators' arrogance of the instructors were at a moderate level, their perceptions of presenteeism were at a lower level. While there was no significant difference between the perceptions of the academic staff's administrative arrogance and the variables of academic title, educational status and marital status; a significant difference was found between the variables of gender, age and seniority at the university. While there was no significant difference between the presenteeism perceptions of the instructors and the variables of gender, academic title, educational status and marital status; A significant difference was found between the variables of age and seniority at the university. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was determined that there was a positive and moderate relationship between the administrative arrogance of the instructors and their perceptions of presenteeism.

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