Abstract
The objective of this literature review is to outline the state of the different authors dealing with stress. Therefore, in view to understand the stress concept, this review will deal with job stressors, and different models which try to explain the stress process. This is a complex concept and the myriad of definitions proposed by the researchers and the methodology used, present some of the research limitations.
Stress is constantly credited to one of the major concerns in the workplace, which organizations and companies have to deal with. During the last several years, the workplace has witnessed rapid expansion of the information technology, globalization, differences in the nature of work and the type of scheduling. All these factors have changed the tasks and the environment of work. This evolution is at the origin of an increase in job stress. (Cooper et al, 2001).
Researchers have done a lot of studies on the main aspects of the stress notion. (Cooper and Dewe, 2004). It is becoming a subject of number of discussions in the academic world. Organizational stress is a rapidly growing concern to researchers and management practitioners because of the relationship it shares with a "magnitude of costly individual and organizational symptoms". (Schuler, 1980).
