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The aim of this study is to determine the title based discrimination in universities,effects of it on academicians and the solutions of academicians against discrimination. The study employed a phenomenologic research design. The sample consist of 34 academicians who have experienced title based discrimination. A semi-structured interview form, developed by the author, was used as data collection tool. As a result of the research it was found that academicians are exposed to different title-based discriminatory behaviors according to their duties and titles. It has been determined that academicians who work as assistant professors are mostly exposed to humiliation and unfair distribution of courses; lecturers are exposed to unfair course distribution and over-examination task; research assistants have been given jobs other than job descriptions, humiliation, obstruction of participation in the meetings, and over-examination tasks. It has been determined that title based discrimination behaviors are mostly displayed by managers, associate professors, professors and assistant professors. According to the academicians title based discriminations stems from high ego, being similarly discriminated before and competitive personality. It has been also determined that when academicians exposed to title based discrimination they became unhappy, their organizational commitment level and desire for work reduce. It has been found that academicians against discriminations have adopted solutions such as not communicating, silence and working harder to have higher status.

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