Effect of Gender and Marital Satisfaction on Occupational Stress of Bank Employees

Marital satisfaction is an essential element for successful family life and personal growth. The fulfillment and positive development will be possible only when the relationship between couples is coherent and satisfactory. In a society like India, the active engagement of women in the employment sector and their dual role has significant correlation with the marital satisfaction. Different factors have significant influence on the occupational stress like marital satisfaction, personality of the partner, nature of job, child rearing responsibility, sexual satisfaction and communication patterns are some of the examples. The present study was based on 2x2 factorial design which has focused on the marital satisfaction and occupational stress. For this purpose 160 (80 male & 80 female) bank employees, from both private and government banks of western UP, have been selected for the study using purposive sampling procedure. Data collection was done by using questionnaires, which includes occupational stress scale and marital satisfaction scale. The obtained data were analyzed with ANOVA. Findings of this study indicated that level of marital satisfaction significantly influence the level of occupational stress, whereas gender does not seem to contribute in occupational stress. But the interaction of gender and marital satisfaction present a significant picture related to the word of work.