Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2003. / Field problem. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1925. / Vita. Published also as Teachers college, Columbia university, contributions to education, no. 167. Bibliography: p. 193-194.

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In September 1969, Joseph and Lucile Hollis wrote a paper entitled "Toward Development of Energy Commitment Theory." In this paper the authors stated that man is a dynamic, active, always changing being. As a result of this, man expends considerable energy. Man has the capability of thinking, looking, and planning ahead and does so with the desire of using his energy where it will be most meaningful to him. He thus, is able to project himself into various alternatives and to consider the possibilities and outcomes. Hollis and Hollis stated the commitment of man's energy determines much of what he will and will' not do. The authors also list a number of propositions underlying the theory.The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of the energy commitment theory as proposed by Hollis and Hollis. The feasibility of the theory was examined by comparing the energy commitments of two widely different occupational groups, residence hall directors and custodians, both working in residence halls at Ball State University. The comparison was made from the common theoretical framework employing the energy commitment concepts currently being developed by Hollis and Hollis. The basic design of the study included two interviews with each of the subjects in the two occupational groups. The purpose of the first interview was to gather data regarding the direction, thrust (priority, force, and amount), and flexibility of the energy commitments of each subject as he projected them from the time of the interview through the next two months. The purpose of the second interview was to determine if the projected energy commitments which each subject expressed in the first interview had been carried out to fulfillment and if not, the reasons therefore. Two Interview Guides (one for providing structure for all first interviews) and two Interview Recording Sheets (one for recording data for each of the first interviews and one for recording data for each of the second interviews) were designed for the research.Due to the nature of the research and considering the limitations and assumptions of the study, all hypotheses were used as guides for the study. The analysis of the data was descriptive in nature and disclosed the following: 1. Residence Hall Directors commit more energies toward people and ideas while Custodians commit more energies toward objects. 2. Residence Hall Directors place people in a higher priority than do Custodians and custodians place objects and ideas in a higher priority than do directors. 3. Residence Hall Directors spend more time and effort toward people while Custodians spend more time and effort toward objects and ideas. 4. Both groups described. themselves as being somewhat inflexible in their ability to change their commitments. 5. Residence Hall Directors expend more energies toward people and ideas while Custodians expend more energies toward objects. 6. Residence Hall Directors place people in a higher priority than do Custodians but custodians place objects and ideas in a higher priority than do directors. 7. Both Residence Hall Directors and Custodians can project their energy commitments into the future with considerable accuracy. 8. Regarding antecedents of energy commitments, Custodians indicated that they had been controlled by their environment while Directors seemed to have made decisions which changed the direction of their lives. The descriptive analysis of the data collected in the study were applicable to substantiated some of the propositions of the Hollis and Hollis theory. Some propositions are substantiated to a higher degree when analyzing that data collected on Residence Hall Directors than on Custodians. From the findings of this study, it appears that energy commitment theory does have potential but further research must be accomplished.

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The major purpose of the study was directed toward improvement of administration of public school custodial programs. The study was designed to: (1) provide Indiana custodial administrators with an overview of perceptions of Indiana custodial administrators generally regarding use and soundness of selected custodial management practices; (2) provide information that would be beneficial in developing or revising custodial program policies and administrative procedures; (3) provide information about custodial management practices employed in school corporations of comparable size; (4) provide information concerning the impact of employee union affiliation on the use and soundness of custodial management practices; and (5) provide institutions which prepare administrative personnel with information regarding current custodial management practices.The literature was reviewed concerning the management functions of planning, organizing, controlling, coordinating, directing, staffing, and evaluating. Literature was also reviewed concerning custodial management practices and then integrated under appropriate management functions. A list of selected custodial management practices was developed, validated, modified, and finally placed in questionnaire format.The questionnaire was distributed to sixty-selected Indiana school corporations categorized as large, medium, and small. Respondents reported use, non-use, or questioned use to each of eighty-five practices. Secondly, respondents reported each practice to be sound, unsound, or of questioned soundness. Thirdly, respondents reported reasons for non-use of practices judged to be sound but not used.Major conclusions drawn from the study included:1. Broad usage of custodial management practices described in the questionnaire was observed.2. Over 75 per cent of the selected custodial management practices were judged to be sound by school administrators.3. There was a strong relationship between size of school districts and the degree to which custodial management practices were used.4. There was a strong relationship between size of school districts and the degree to which custodial management practices were judged to be sound.5. Large school districts used more selected practices and judged more practices to be sound than medium and small school districts.6. Lack of time to implement practices was the reason reported most often for practices not used but judged to be sound.7. There was a significant relationship between union affiliation and use and soundness of selected custodial management practices.Several implications were suggested:1. Careful assignment of time priorities can improve the managerial process related to custodial programs.2. Small and medium school districts might improve custodial programs by adopting practices used by large school districts.3. Efficiency of custodial programs might be increased by utilizing cost control measures.4. Institutions that prepare administrators might improve long-range administration of custodial programs by devoting instructional efforts to management theory, organizational behavior, and business management functions.Several recommendations were made:1. Appropriate state agencies should provide leadership in procuring and disseminating information concerning the need for providing efficiency in operation of custodial programs.2. Appropriate state agencies should provide leadership in developing methods, techniques, and procedures to facilitate the improvement of custodialprograms.3. College and university professors of educational administration should provide leadership in designing programs aimed at preparing administrators who can dealeffectively and efficiently with management of custodial programs.4. The inquiry instrument should be refined and improved for use in further research at local, state, and national levels to enhance the improvement of the administration of custodial programs in educational institutions.

The purpose of the study was to secure selected information regarding custodial management practices followed in public school systems of the United States. A revision of the questionnaire used by Gland in the 1971 Indiana study was used to collect data.

Wong Wo Ping. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-145). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Tables --- p.3 / List of Figures --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Background --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2 --- Choosing janitors as research topic --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Labor supply and labor demand --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Dual or segmented labor market theory --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- From labor control to political apparatuses of production --- p.8 / Chapter 1.6 --- Beyond Production --- p.10 / Chapter 1.7 --- Overview of this research --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of marginal labor --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- The polarization and deteriorating of working condition --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3 --- Explanation of the trend --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Neo-classical economics theory of labor market --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- Dual (Segmented) labor market theory --- p.31 / Chapter 2.6 --- Politic of production --- p.32 / Chapter 2.7 --- Sub si stent demand --- p.36 / Chapter 2.8 --- Availability of alternate job opportunities --- p.38 / Chapter 2.9 --- Integrating the economics and sociology disciplines --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1 --- Source of data --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2 --- Discussion for my methodology --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3 --- Problem of representativenss --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Macro Pictures of the Janitory Industry of Public Housing Estates --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1. --- The Overall Economic Background of Hong Kong --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2. --- Cleaning Service in Public Housing Estates --- p.54 / Chapter 4.3 --- Characteristics of Janitors in Public Housing Estates --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4. --- Macro situation in the janitory labor market --- p.68 / Chapter 4.5. --- The labor market situation of the janitors working in Public Housing Estates --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Production Politics of Janitors in Public Housing Estates --- p.88 / Chapter 5.1 --- Production relations under a hegemonic regime --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2 --- Structural constrain of resistance under despotic regime --- p.96 / Chapter 5.3 --- Subjectivity of the janitors --- p.107 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.109 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Subsistence Demand and Job Mobility----Supply in the Labor Market --- p.110 / Chapter 6.1 --- Subsistence demand of janitors --- p.111 / Chapter 6.2 --- The availability of other job choices --- p.120 / Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.127 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.129 / Chapter 7.1 --- Overview of this research --- p.129 / Chapter 7.2 --- The implication of this study as a study of marginal workers in Hong Kong --- p.133 / Chapter 7.3 --- Theoretical implication of this study --- p.134 / Appendix I General Information of the Informants --- p.138 / Appendix II Interview Questions --- p.139 / List of Reference --- p.141

This thesis explored custodial services in public schools throughout the Texas Panhandle in order to compile averages and establish the need for improved working conditions and compensation.