Volume : 2, Issue : 6, JUN 2016

A STUDY ON JOB RELATED STRESS EXPERIENCED BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS EMPLOYEES IN COIMBATORE CITY

Dr. P. Kavitha, Mr. S. Sivagnana bharathi

Abstract

Stress has been on a rise in this era of high technology speed, global competition and consumerism. Taking its toll on the physical and psychological health of the employees, it is affecting the productivity and functioning of an organization. Stress is a universal element and persons from nearly every walk of life have to face stress. Stress can have negative impacts on both the employee and the organization. Actually, in this research paper it was checked that what the impact occupational stress produced upon employees. The study describes the occupational stress in public and private banks. A randomly selected sample of 200 employees from private and public banks shows that role stress is found higher among private bank employees compared to public bank employees. Among different job-related stress variables role over load, role authority, role conflict and lack of senior level support contribute more to the occupational stress. Bank employees cannot afford the time to relax and "wind down" when they are faced with work variety, discrimination, favoritism, delegation and conflicting tasks.

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