Abstract

The present article reviewed empirical studies of industrial organizations existing in Korea as of 1979. Those articles which dealt with Korean industrial organization from the behavioral perspective were selected from among the research reports, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations in the areas of industrial psychology, organizational psychology, and business administration, and their contents and results summarized according to their themes. Selected studies were classified according to their central themes into the following six categories: (1) Motivation, (2) job attitude, (3) job satisfaction, (4) leader· ship, (5) organization, and (6) safety and accident. The common problems of these studies which were the object of this review were presented and the research task and direction of future industrial psychology in Korea suggested.