Occupational Stress and Professional Burnout among Bank Employees in Rohtak, Haryana

Today workplace stress is becoming a major issue and a matter of concern for the employees and the organizations. Occupational stressors contribute to organizational inefficiency, high staff turnover, absenteeism due to sickness, decreased quality, and quantity of practice, increased costs of health care, and decreased job satisfaction. When there is a prolonged experience of occupational stress, it leads to professional burnout. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the occupational stress and the professional burnout among bank employees in Rohtak, Haryana. For this 150 Bank Employees selected from the various private banks in Rohtak city to participate in the study. A five point rating scales to assess the occupational stress and professional burnout of private Bank employees developed by the investigators was used. Obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 19 for descriptive statistics for mean ± 1 SD, correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results are tabulated and are discussed here under.