-e,*rhis paper reviews the literature on organizational behavior from !Y ' through the first quarter of 1.981 and attemts to be projective and =res-J ~criptive as well as descriptive of the work covered. Selected toi reviewed include new overviews and integratlons of the field, task desian, feedback, organizati4onal structure, technology, and control, new conceptuali.zations and emerging topical tren~ds. These topics were c-hosen to reflect both current and controversial issues of recent research. . 4