Comparative Study
| Published:
March 25, 2015
Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress among Public and Private Bank Employees
ABSTRACT
This article discusses the emerging research concerned with the effect job satisfaction on occupational stress experienced among bank employees. The Occupational Stress Index developed by A.K. Srivastava and A. P. Singh (1984) and Job Satisfaction scale (JSS) developed by Dr. Amar Singh and Dr. T R Sharma (2007) by the researchers to importune information from bank employees was administered to 100 respondents comprising of both public and private banks in the branches of SBI, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Co-Operative Bank, ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank within Ahmedabad city. Objectives of the studies are 1) To study the level of Job Satisfaction of Employees working in Private and Public bank in relation to types of Bank and Gender. 2) To study the Occupational Stress of Employees working in Private and Public bank in relation to types of Bank and Gender. 3) To know the correlation between Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress of Private and public Bank employees. Statistical \'t\'-test and correlation were used for data analysis. The findings of the study reflect that Public Bank employees are more satisfied with their jobs and occupationally less stressed than the Private bank employees. Further Female bank employees are less satisfied and under higher level of occupational stress as compared to their Male bank employees counterparts. Whereas, there is a negative & significant co-relation between Job Satisfaction & Occupational stress of Bank employees. It is suggested from findings of the study, that in order to reduce occupational stress among Private bank employees, the job satisfaction must be enhanced.
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© 2015 I K Chothani
How to cite this article:
K Chothani. (2015). Job Satisfaction and Occupational Stress among Public and Private Bank Employees. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2 (2), DOI: 10.25215/0202.052, DIP: 18.01.052/20140202
Received:
December 26, 2014;
Revision Received:
January 30, 2015;
Accepted:
March 25, 2015
Published in
Volume 02, Issue 2, January-March, 2015