A study on job stress among bank employees with special reference to Erode district of Tamilnadu

Abstract

Stress is an inevitable concomitant of work life. Its source in an organization is task or role related. An organization, being a network of roles performed in interconnected positions, is dynamic in nature. The complex and dynamic environment of organization adds to further stress at work. These environmental forces include rapid technological advancements, demands made on employeeand#8223;s skills, increased expectations about the quality of work-life and incongruence between the expectations and perceived organizational outcomes, changes in organizations like downsizing, mergers, etc. These factors influence employment security, social relations at work and upward mobility, which, in turn, will result in stress of the employees. A lot of researches have been conducted about stress over the past years. A number of theories behind it are now settled and accepted, others are still being researched and debated. Particularly in the field of banking sector, the level of job stress is comparatively higher than other industries due to the soaring responsiveness. They mostly engage in the money transactions including accepting deposits from the customers and lending them to the needy ones in the form of loans. newlineThe modern society and its people want everything should be at fast in tract. As the pace of life has speeded up, the incidence of certain forms of stress illness has also increased. With the introduction of new high speed information technology, increased global competitiveness and reduced employees levels, employees have less job security in private sector. On the other hand the public sector employees have job security, but they are also stressed over the work load, target, competitiveness and work environment etc. particularly in the field of banking. They are carrying heavier workloads and working longer hour for the purpose of completing work and continuing their newline newline