Abstract
This paper presents a detailed study on the growth of job stress among the employees of various public and private sector banks in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. This study is based on the survey conducted among 119 bank employees spread across four banks located in the Madurai District. A detailed questionnaire was devised to test the mental stress of the employees with preferences given to conflict in occupational roles, support of the co-workers and Supervisors in alleviating the stress along with the effect of various personal factors inducing the stress. The hypotheses were tested using t-test, ANOVAs and correlation analysis were also conducted to identify the outcomes using the statistical tool SPSS V20.0. The results suggest that, the employees are stressed reasonably and stress reduction programs and strategies are the need of the day to improve the efficiency of the workplace. This research provides an insight into the prevalence of stress in the banking sector and the factors contributing to the stress. As the banking sector is becoming more and more competitive and is having a consistent growth through the last decades, the necessity for the reducing the stress at workplace gains significance.