Theories of Organizational Stress

by Cary L. Cooper

Overview

The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen, according to recent statistics revealing an increase in the number of sick days taken, labor turnover, employee burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. In one volume, this book provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198522799
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/07/1999
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.85(d)

Table of Contents

Preface, Lennart LeviIntroduction, Cary L. Cooper1. An Organizational Psychology Meta Model of Occupational Stress, Terry Beehr2. Person-Environment Fit Theory: Conceptual Foundations, Empirical Evidence, and Directions for Future Research, Jeffrey R. Edwards, Robert D. Caplan, and R. Van Harrison3. A Multidimensional Theory of Burnout, Christina Maslach4. Stress and the Sojourner, Ellen I. Shupe and Joseph E. McGrath5. A Cybernetic Theory of Organizational Stress, Thomas G. Cummings and Cary L. Cooper6. Cybernetic Theory of Stress, Coping, and Well-Being: Review and Extension to Work and Family, Jeffrey R. Edwards7. A Control Theory of the Job Stress Process, Paul E. Spector8. Stress, Innovation and Personal Initiative: Are Stressors Always Detrimental?, Doris Fay, Sabine Sonnentag, and Michael Frese9. Adverse Health Effects of Effort-Reward Imbalance at Work: Theory, Empirical Support and Implications for Prevention, Johannes Siegrist10. Job Characteristics in a Theoretical and Practical Health Context, Töres Torell11. The Ethological Theory of Stress: About Work Stress and Wisdom, Marc Schabracq12. The Theory of Preventative Stress Management in Organizations, Jonathan D. Quick, James Campbell Quick, and Debra L. Nelson