Cary Cooper, Philip J Dewe

Stress

A Brief History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stress: A Brief History is a lively and accessible look at the origins of the field of stress research. The book explores different theories and models of stress, examines the contributions of different researchers, identifies common themes and controversies, and culminates in a discussion of what makes a good theory and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781405107440
• ISBN-10: 1405107448
• Artikelnr.: 22415686

Autorenporträt

Cary L. Cooper is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester School of Management. He is the author of over 100 books, as well as senior co-editor of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (12 volumes, with Chris Argyris). He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, two UN bodies, and the International Labor Organisation. Philip Dewe is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Head of the Organizational Psychology Department at Birkbeck College. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Organizational Stress (with Cary L. Cooper and Michael P. O'Driscoll, 2001) and Coping, Health and Organisations (edited with Tom Cox and Michael Leiter, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.

1. From early beginnings to the 20th Century.

2. The 20th Century - The Early Years.

3. From the 1950s to Richard Lazarus.

4. The Work of Richard Lazarus.

5. Work Stress and Occupational Health Psychology.

6. What do we mean by stress: From the past to the future.

References.

Index

Rezensionen

"Mental health problems and stress-related disorders are often thecause of early death. Cary Cooper's and Philip Dewe's book is afascinating and highly readable account of the long and difficultjourney to this insight. I recommend it strongly." Lennart Levi,MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Division of Stress Research,Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

"an informative and concise summary of landmarks in the historyof stress research, with themes originating from over a hundredyears of contributions to the field ... this book carries more thanenough information for one to appreciate the origins of an excitingand necessary field." Andi Yi-An Shih, Ph.D. Candidate,University of British Colombia. Stress and Health, 20, 239-40,2004

"This must be the definitive book on the history of stress,written by specialists in organisational psychology andbehaviour...Work stress is given a chapter on its own , and theconclusion asks what we mean by stress and how research on thetopic can be pursued." Scientific and Medical Network Review,Summer 2005