Predominantly Stressors and Their Management Strategies Among Female Bankers

Abstract

This research was aimed at examining the predominantly stressors and strategies employed by female Bank workers to manage them. A sample 137 female Bank workers were purposively and conveniently selected from all the 19 banks of which 8 are situated in the Cape Coast and 11 are in the Takoradi Metropolis, Ghana. Data were collected by the use of questionnaire and were statistically analyzed by the use of means, standard deviation and simple frequencies. A key finding is that, most of the female Bankers are really affected with a lot of everyday life stressors. It is recommended that guidance co-coordinators and counsellors if any must provide the needed necessary information on how stress can influence one’s interaction and how it can be managed. This information will not be only geared towards career information about financial sector with particular reference to the Banking Institutions but other sectors of the Ghanaian economy. It is recommended that the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare must impress upon the Employers‟ Association of Ghana, to take the issue of stress on employees very seriously, thus employers putting in place stress relieving packages and programmes for their workers to reduce the stress being experienced by female Bankers in particular and all workers in general. Lastly, the study revealed that majority of the Bankers especially the female Bankers had no idea about the work hazards. Based on this, it is recommended that students who wish to be in the financial sector particularly should be encouraged by school counsellors to find out more about job requirements and their hazards, including stress in the Banking sector in particular and other sectors in general. In this way, they will be appropriately informed before they finally make a choice as regards their future career probably in the field of Banking.

Keywords: Stress, management of stress and predominant stressors