A Study on the Impact of Stress on the Performance of Employees Working in Public and Private Banks in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The banking sector in India has undergone tremendous changes with increased competition, increased level of deregulation, which has facilitated the Indian banking system and has placed enormous pressure and has created stress in bank employees. Stress refers to the strain from the conflict between our external environment and us, leading to emotional and physical pressure. In our fast paced world, it is impossible to live without stress, whether you are a student or a working adult. Job stress level of permanent employees in private and public sector banks, results founded the public sector banks’ employees significantly affected more by stress due to no control on their jobs, social unsupported by the mangers, and mechanistic and strict organizational structure than the private sector bank’s employees. This article highlights the impact of stress among the bank employees in public and private sector banks in Sivagangai district. Stress can have negative impacts on both the employee and the organization. The study describes the occupational stress in public and private banks. 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.