CAUSES AND COPING STRATEGIES FOR STRESS AMONG BANK EMPLOYEES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COIMBATORE DISTRICT

Bankers are under a great deal of stress and due to many antecedents of stress such as Cashless transaction , Demonetization ,Over workload, Role ambiguity, Role conflict, Responsibility for people, Participation, Lack of feedback, Keeping up with rapid technological change. Banking industry is an expanding sector and an important constituent of overall economic system. Even the employees working in this banking industry are not exempted from stress. Moreover, banks are not providing the learning opportunities needed for up- dating the intelligence of the senior employees. Moreover target fixation, heavy and tireless work, peer –pressure, unwarranted punishments, in-human attitude, lack of job-security, and compulsory transfer from one place to another, working late nights, careful and diligent work , unattainable targets , answering the annoyed customers, make the bank employees feel reluctant frustrated, worried and stressed . The study describes thecauses and coping strategies for stress among bank employees. The primary data were collected form the bank employees using stratified random sampling method with the help of structured interview schedule. Sample size is 416.banks shows that the level of stress towards their job is positively associated with their age, designation, salary, numberof dependents, family system, type of bank, year of experience, location of the workplace, working time member in union body in the study area