The employee and middle manager of the large corporation or institution is generally buffered against the impact of this kind of external stress. But there is no buffer to spare the smaller business.
Tension is to be found wherever one looks.
Runaway abuse of tort and product liability litigation can dump the blameless small business into bankruptcy literally overnight. Despite all of the political rhetoric, layers of government regulations and intervention strangle many smaller business ventures. And explosive cultural changes are continually redefining the workplace as well as the marketplace. Professional counseling and psychopharmaceuticals can neither change nor diminish the harsh reality of these external forces. They are easily blind-sided.