DISCUSSION
The results of the present study are in agreement with the findings of research studies conducted by
Sadat Ali, Al-Habdan and Shriyan (2005) and Kumar (2008). Their findings revealed significant difference in
the level of occupational stress as well as its various components viz. role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict
between Government and Private sector bank employees. The employees working in Government Banks were
found to fare better than those in Private sector. Prevalence of Occupational Stress among Bankers
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On the contrary, Macklin et al. (2006) did a research using a heterogeneous community sample of
Public and Private sector employees and found no significant difference between the employees of these two
sectors on levels of their stress.
The possible reason for the present findings could be that the employees working in Non-Nationalized
Banks have longer working hours as compared to their counterparts working in Nationalized Banks. Majority of
Non-Nationalized Bank employees on an average work for 9 hours everyday whereas those working in
Nationalized Banks work for 7 hours/day. On the top of it a large majority of Non-Nationalized Bank employees
do overtime work at least for 2-4 hours for 6-10 days on an average in a month as is revealed from personal
profile of the employees in the present study. The long working hours/day as well as over time work leave them
stressed out.
The finding of the present study would provide useful insight to policy makers in Nationalized and
Non-Nationalized Banks. The findings can help them to take suitable measures and actions to help employees to
destress them which can help in increasing output and employee‟s stability in their respective banks.