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Job & Family Related Stressors among Bank Branch Managers in India


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1 Department of Commerce and Business Management, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
2 Department of Commerce and Business Administration, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar.
     

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The present study is conducted on a sample of 316 bank branch managers of both public and private sector banks to identify the various job and family related factors which cause stress among them. The correlation analysis reveals that health is associated positively and significantly with 'Highly Intricate job', Performance Constraints and Pressures', 'Insufficient Training and Career Planning', 'Unproductive Meetings', 'Unwanted Criticism', 'Lot of Travelling and Transfers', 'Inadequate Office Space and Improper Layout', 'Corruption', 'Surveillance Required', 'Limited Opportunities for Growth', 'Lack of Authority', 'Family Obligations', and 'Lack of time or Family and Personal Care'.
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Authors

L. S. Kang
Department of Commerce and Business Management, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
R. S. Sandhu
Department of Commerce and Business Administration, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar.

Abstract


The present study is conducted on a sample of 316 bank branch managers of both public and private sector banks to identify the various job and family related factors which cause stress among them. The correlation analysis reveals that health is associated positively and significantly with 'Highly Intricate job', Performance Constraints and Pressures', 'Insufficient Training and Career Planning', 'Unproductive Meetings', 'Unwanted Criticism', 'Lot of Travelling and Transfers', 'Inadequate Office Space and Improper Layout', 'Corruption', 'Surveillance Required', 'Limited Opportunities for Growth', 'Lack of Authority', 'Family Obligations', and 'Lack of time or Family and Personal Care'.

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