Opinions of school managers about performance based payment

The aim of this research is to detect and interpret perceptions of school principals about performance based payment. In this research, it is also intended to detect whether there is a significant difference in perceptions of school principals in terms of variables such as "gender, professional seniority, administration experience and professional time at the sam school." In this research, perceptions of school principals about performance based payment were examined and obtained datas were analyzed. The research is in screening model. The universe of the research is composed of school principals and vice principals who work in Uşak city center schools in 2016–2017 edcational year. For the research 66 school principals, 98 vice principals in total 164 school principals' perceptions were obtained. Simple coincident sampling method was prefered in the research. Because of a finite research universe, it was tried to reach all universe members. The data were collected by using performance based payment scale. In the analyse of data; frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were calculated. And then independent sample t-test, anova tests and correlation analysis were used. As a result of findings, school principals' perceptions about performance based payment was found as "I agree" level. When demographic variables observed, perceptions of school principals about lower dimensions of performance based payment doesn't differ in a meaningful way according to gender variable. The results of analysis show that perceptions of school principals about individual and organisational lower dimension of performance based payment differ in a statistically significant way in terms of professional seniority. Perceptions of school principals about lower dimensions of performance based payment differs in a statistically significant way in terms of administration experience. Furthermore, perceptions of school principals about individual and organisational lower dimension lower dimension of performance based payment doesn't differ in a statistically significant way in terms of their professional time at the same school. In the same way, perceptions of school principals about negative effect lower dimension of performance based payment doesn't differ in a statistically significant way in terms of their professional time at the same school. There is a statistically significant, positive and low correlation between professioanl seniority and administration experience of school principals and the means of individual and organisational lower dimension of performance based payment. There is a statistically significant, positive and low correlation between administration experience of school principals and the means of individual and organisational lower dimension of performance based payment. There isn't a statistically significant correlation between professional time at the same school of shool principals and lower dimensions of performance based payment. Key words : Performance and Performance Evaluation, Performance Management, Performance Based Payment