The effect of favoritism in school management on the motivation of preschool teachers example of Diyarbakır province

In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between the favoritism behaviors in school management and the motivation levels of preschool teachers according to the perceptions of preschool teachers. Relational survey model has been adopted in the study. The population of the research consists of 730 preschool teachers working in 352 schools selected in the central districts of Diyarbakir province in the 2019-2020 academic year. The sample consists of 400 teachers reached by simple random sampling method. In the research, "Nepotism Scale" and "Teacher Motivation Scale" have been used as data collection tools. SPSS package program has been used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research; the levels of school administrators' favoritism behaviors are "Sometimes/Rarely". Teachers' motivation levels have been found to be "most of the time/high". In the favoritism levels of the administrators and the motivation levels of the teachers; a significant difference has been determined according to gender, age, union membership, professional seniority, working time at school, working time with the same manager and school type. On the other hand, it has not been found any significant differences between teacher perceptions according to whether the school administrators are male or female. In general, it has been determined that there is a negative and highly significant relationship between the nepotism behaviors of school administrators and the motivation levels of teachers. In addition, it has been found that favoritism has a negative and significant effect on teacher motivation.