Job stress among employees of banking industry

<p>Stress is caused by an imbalance between the demands upon an individual and</p><p>the ability to cope with those demands. The demands are perceived as challenges</p><p>which may arise from either external or internal sources. Individuals have their own</p><p>personal beliefs that influence their attitudes and actions against such perceived or</p><p>real threats. In other words it is apparent that individuals differ from each other in</p><p>their responses to stressful events in their lives.</p><p>Organizational stressors are factors in the workplace that can cause stress. The</p><p>four general sets of organizational stressors are task demands physical demands role</p><p>demands and interpersonal demands. Stress-related problems include mood</p><p>disturbance psychological distress sleep disturbance upset stomach headache and</p><p>problems in relationships with family and friends. The effects of job stress on chronic</p><p>diseases are more difficult to ascertain because chronic diseases develop over a</p><p>relatively long period of time and are influenced by many factors other than stress.</p><p>Nonetheless there is some evidence that stress plays a role in the development of</p><p>several types of chronic health problems including cardiovascular disease</p><p>musculoskeletal disorders and psychological disorders.</p><p>Banks are considered to be the nerve centre of an economy and the barometer</p><p>of its economic perspective. The Indian banking structure consists of a heterogeneous</p><p>mix of indigenous banks the public sector and private sector commercial banks new</p><p>generation banks foreign banks at base layers the highly developed State Bank of</p><p>India at its middle layer and the State-owned Central Bank 'The Reserve Bank of</p><p>India' at the apex.</p>