This book provides a review of current issues in organisational stress in competitive sport. Two main areas are addressed: conceptual and operational considerations, culminating in definitions of stress-related constructs, and theoretical relationships among stress, emotions and performance, based on a meta-model outlining key process, moderators and consequences.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Conceptual and Operational Issues; Stress as a Stimulus and a Response; Stress as an Interaction; Stress as a Transaction and the Notion of Relational Meaning; Definitions of Stress-Related Constructs; A Meta-model of Stress, Emotions and Performance; Conceptual Foundations; Theoretical Framework; Practical Implications; Research Directions; Concluding Remarks; What Methodologies Should We Employ to Investigate Organisational Stress in Sport?; How do We Measure Organisational Stress in Sport?; Acknowledgements; References; Index.