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 may be needed to better organize research and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.

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.

This handbook's range of topics is divided into four sections: Framing the Field: Introducing Some Big Questions, Macro-organizational Behavior and Immanent Processes, Macro-organizational Behavior and Key Practices, and Organizing on a Macro Scale. Some specific topics include: organizational careers, organizational conflict and identity, implementing employment equity, organizational moral responsibility, organizational design, and corporate governance....