OCCUPATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS - A PRACTICAL OVERVIEW OF PUBLISHED EFFECT STUDIES

There are many occupational stress management programmes available whi ch are designed to prevent and cure the negative aspects of job-stress . The focus of the programmes can be directed towards the individual w orker, the working group, the organization of the work or the organiza tion as a whole. Moreover, programmes show a considerable variation wi th respect to the type of interventions they promote and their underly ing assumptions, as well as their duration and costs. In this paper, e ffect studies of occupational stress programmes published between 1987 and 1994 are reviewed. The aim is to give a practical overview of the variety in occupational stress programmes, their scope, applicability and the evidence of their effectiveness. The paper updates the review by DeFrank and Cooper published in 1989.