Comparative Study of female employees in Banking sector

Abstract

Banking sector was considered as a very comfortable and sought-after sector for jobs especially for the female employees because of its typical job profile and comfortable timing. However with the advent of technology, privatization and globalization, the pattern of working had changed drastically. The entry of women into the field of gainful employment outside the home has caused a major upheaval in the home and social front and the utilization of married women in this field has further featured the situation causing many vexed problems. In the overall hustle and bustle, employed married women in India appeared to be in a dilemma due to their dual roles. The present woman confronts the challenge of fulfilling her responsibilities as an employee and a home-maker. With no clear distinction of work-life and family-life, it has led to work/life imbalance. Today s families are tending to be nuclear and gone are the days where people received support from the extended family structure. Both the spouses going to work to maintain a better standard of living is the new trend in urban families. Women compared to men have more personal and social pressures. Many studies have been conducted on problems of married women .There are also studies done on the stress and its impact on working women. However, no study has been conducted which gave a complete view of the women employees in banking sector with wider perspective of their job stressors as well as social stressors and various other challenges faced by women in banking sector and also the efforts taken by the organizations to promote and retain the female workforce. Some earlier studies do reflect some such aspects but a comparative study of female employees in Commercial and Co-operative banks in the above context had not been made. newline Comparative Study of Women Employees in Banking Sector (With Reference to Commercial and Co-operative Banks in Thane District) Abstract newlineII newlineThe research is done with the intention to find solutions to the perennial problems of female emplo