Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of essays by a team of international researchers in the field of occupational stress. Each author focuses on research findings, theories, methodological issues and action for coping with stress at work, relevant to both individuals and to organizations.;The major topics covered are: epidemiology of occupational stress; factors in the working environment; factors in the person; the interaction between the person and the environment; methodological issues. There are chapters on the effect of computers on office workers, industrial relations and stress at work and physiological studies of work stress.;Professor Cooper is the author of "Psychosocial stress and cancer".