ABSTRACT
There are all kinds of influences which impinge upon the recruitment transaction. Some have to do with the internal system of the university-for example, its rules and folkways for budgeting. Others reflect the external system of the disciplines, most notably supply and demand in particular specialties. This chapter distinguishes two general types of replacement processes in large-scale organizations: the "serial" and the "discrete" replacement. For a variety of reasons, it is seldom found in universities, but it does occur occasionally, as illustrated by the quotation below. It shows that 38 percent of the vacancies which occurred did not call for the appointment of a successor to do the same work. There is also considerable evidence to support the belief that, along with the general reduction of average teaching load in the universities studied, teaching itself is regarded more and more casually.
