The relation of properties related to the demographic and working life with presenteeism and organizational commitment behavior: A study on the administrative staff of Aydin Adnan Menderes University

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between organizational commitment of administrative staff working at Aydın Adnan Menderes University and presenteeism and to examine it according to various variables. For this purpose, descriptive survey model was used in this study. To test the hypotheses designed within the scope of the research, quantitative method was used for data collection and evaluation of the data obtained. Questionnaire method was used as data collection tool and survey questions which include personal information and scale statements of the staff working as administrative staff at Aydın Adnan Menderes University, were addressed face to face. The questionnaire consists of three sections in total and these sections were designed as Individual Presentation Form", Standford Presenteeism Scale" and Organizational Commitment Scale ". The population of the study consisted of administrative staff working at the universities in Turkey. The sample consisted of 1148 administrative staff working at Aydın Adnan Menderes University and the sample size included 181 persons. IBM SPSS 20 statistical program was used in order to analyze the data obtained from the research. The distribution of the data about the descriptive characteristics of the administrative staff was determined by frequency and percentage.The normal distribution of scores obtained from the Organizational Commitment Scale and Standford Presenteeism Scale used in the study were analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and it was determined that the distribution of the scores of the scales and lower dimensions was not suitable for the normal distribution. For this reason, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to examine the differentiation of the scores obtained from Organizational Commitment Scale and Standford Presenteeism Scale according to the descriptive characteristics of the staff. As a result of the Kruskal-Wallis H test; Dunn's test, one of the non-parametric multiple comparison tests, was used to determine the differences among the groups. The findings within the scope of the study were evaluated with a 95% confidence interval. As a result of the research process, it was found that the institutional commitment of administrative staff did not differ according to gender, age, title, administrative unit, duration of work and there was no significant relationship between the institutional commitment levels of administrative staff and their presenteeism.