ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted to identify the level of occupational stress in bankers as well
as to determine difference, if any, in occupational stress of employees from Nationalized and Non-Nationalized
Banks. The sample comprised of 100 employees, 50 each from Nationalized and Non-Nationalized Banks in
Chandigarh, having minimum one year of job experience in the same bank. The data was collected through
standardized tool of “Occupational Stress Index” by Srivastava and Singh (1976). The findings revealed highly
significant difference in occupational stress of employees working in Nationalized and Non-Nationalized Banks,
with employees of Non-Nationalized Banks having higher occupational stress as compared to their counterparts
working in Nationalized Banks.