Research Methodology

Need of the Study

Research and Study is the continuous process to understand the situation and take necessary measures to cope up with the ever-changing and competitive world. A study done in previous years need to updated to find out the gaps which may be created for the changing situations.

Stress management should be included as one of the top agendas in modern day society. Today the banking industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of India. Now-a-days Indian banking sector is becoming the sector of profit oriented and target oriented. It increases the stress in the minds of employees. Stress management is an important activity of strategic human resource management. It has a significant impact on the performance of the employees and efficiency of the organization, so it should be considered an efficient way of improving organizational profitability and reducing costs through lowering rates of absenteeism and turnover. There is a need to find out certain measures or practices that would help to face that challenge. There are various factors that affect employee’s intent to quit, stress on workplace, time pressure and job dissatisfaction. Therefore, one can suggest that to improve the performance employees and reduce absenteeism for an organization is to develop stress management among their employees.

In this research, it will be explained what causes of stress and how it affects employees’ performance in banks. This study may be helpful in reducing stress of employees at workplace and increase the efficiency of the employees and organization. A problem with stress has been identified among employees who work in banks in Bangladesh hence to analysis this problem and find better solution to reduce stress and increase the efficiency in banking sector creates impetus for the present study. The researcher has identified the gap that no such study has been conducted in these areas together with large sample size so far. The literature available on stress among banking employees is scanty and not organized for Bangladesh. In this way, one can say that the need arises to have a comprehensive study of banking sector in this area. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches will be used for better understanding of the variables affecting physical and psychological aspects of employees and the ways they can cope up with the stress at workplace.

Objectives of the Study

1. To