Stress: A Brief History by Cooper, Cary

Stress: A Brief History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405107457)

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Stress: A Brief History by Cooper, Cary

Stress: A Brief History

$43.95
Stress: A Brief History by Cooper, Cary

Stress: A Brief History

$43.95
Format: Paperback
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Stress: A Brief History is a lively, accessible, and detailed examination of the origins of the field of stress research.

  • First concise, accessible, academically grounded book on the origins of the concept of stress.
  • Explores different theories and models of stress such as the psychosomatic approach, homeostasis, and general adaptation syndrome.
  • Discusses the work and intriguing contributions of key researchers in the field such as Walter Cannon, Hans Selye, Harold Wolff, and Richard Lazarus.
  • Explains the origins of key concepts in stress such as stressful life events, the coronary-prone personality, and appraisals and coping.
  • Culminates in a discussion of what makes a good theory and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.


Author: Cary Cooper, Philip J. Dewe
ISBN-10: 1405107456
ISBN-13: 9781405107457
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2004
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.48w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 567
By Cary Cooper
By Cary Cooper
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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).

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