A Study on Impact of work Stress on Individual Life of Bank Employees at Selected Branches in Meerut city

It has been noted in various news & studies that a majority of the employees face severe stress related ailments and many psychological problems in the organizations. Hence, the management must take necessary initiatives in helping their employees to overcome the disastrous effects of work stress, because employees spend roughly one third of their lives working in an organization. Employees, who are stressed, are also more likely to be unhealthy, poorly motivated, less productive and less safe at work. This way, work stress can be a real problem to the organization as well as for its workers. Therefore, this study can be helpful in assessing the level of stress experienced by the bank employees, in identifying major causes and effect of work stress on such employees and in exploring various methods to manage stress. It will also try to provide the necessary suggestions and findings for the bank employees to manage such burden of stress in order to improve their performance and increase their productivity. Therefore, an attempt is made to analyze the impact of work stress on individual life of bank employees. The present study is based on survey method using both primary and secondary data. Primary data have been collected directly from 10 leading public and private banks at Meerut city of Western Uttar Pradesh using simple random method. 10 employees have been taken as sample from each bank branch. The total employees covered have been 100