Theories of Organizational Stress

With the dramatic changes in the nature of work since the 1980s, the costs of stress in the workplace have risen in most of the developed and developing world, in terms of sickness absence, burnout and labour turnover. This text draws together the major theories of organizational stress. During the past two decades, the nature of work has changed dramatically, as more and more organizations downsize, outsource and move toward short-term contracts, part-time working and teleworking. The costs of stress in the workplace in most of the developed and developing world have risen accordingly in terms of increased sickness absence, labour turnover, burnout, premature death and decreased productivity. This book, in one volume, provides all the major theories of organizational stress from the leading researchers and writers in the field. It is a guide to identifying the sources of pressures in jobs and the workplace so that we may be able to intervene to change and manage the growing problem of organizational stress.