Análisis crítico de tres perspectivas psicológicas de estrés en el trabajo: Three Psychological Perspectives of Job Stress

the purpose of this article is to critically examine three psychological perspectives of job stress. a literature review showed that these perspectives are the most frequently cited. the perspectives include two models of job stress: the demand control model and the effort-reward imbalance model; and one general theory of stress: the transactional theory. for each perspective, we present a general description, followed by a critical analysis of both the notions of humans and work. at the end of the article, we reached a conclusion for the critical analysis.