RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG WORKING WOMEN IN BANKS

Abstract

Occupational Stress and its consequences have disastrous impact in all the sectors more importantly in the Banking Sector because of the rapid changes taking place in this sector. The intense competition in introducing innovative products and services to satisfy the divergent customer needs has forced the employees to be always on their toes. Women employees face more problems at work place because they have to play dual roles in their life. The working women typically maintain more responsibility for the family and also bear burden of role overload and conflict. The psychological feeling of guilt of neglecting family, the attribution of lack of commitment at the job front is problems faced by the working women in banks. Job Satisfaction is an essential prerequisite for a healthy organizational environment. Highly Satisfied employees work harder and perform better which will improve the performance of the banks. The research was conducted with the help of 3 hypotheses and was conducted on 103 women employees of banks. Test conducted was Correlation with the help of SPSS.