International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Supriya Dhankhar ¹, Sanjeet Kumari ¹

Affiliations
1 Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), the central proposition of fmance for the last thirty five years rests on assumption of rationality. But it has been proved that people are ruled as much by emotion as by logic and selfishness. As behavioral finance suggests, everyone makes the best of a bad situation and the situation in the stock market has never been ideal for anyone. The study is based on the primary data to study investor behavior for rationality in financial decision making. In order to test the investor rationality, the factor analysis is used on the data collected through questionnaire filled by the investor for extracting the different behavior characteristics of investors. Some investors were given the questionnaire to fill out in personal and the data from some investors were collected through the e-mail. A total of 100 subjects were included in the survey selected randomly from different places as Rohtak, Sonepat and Jhajjar according to convenient approach. The survey instrument included 44 questions on the devise aspects of investor rationality for fmancial decision making. After collected the data through a five point scaled questionnaire, the scoring is done on the scale and the factor analysis was used to reduce the variables in fewer factors reflecting homogeneous characteristics variables.

Keywords

Investors, Rationality, Irrational, Market Efficiency, Behavior

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Supriya Dhankhar ¹

Affiliations
1 Commerce, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Today workplace stress is becoming a major issue and a matter of concern for the employees and the organizations. Occupational stressors contribute to organizational inefficiency, high staff turnover, absenteeism due to sickness, decreased quality, and quantity of practice, increased costs of health care, and decreased job satisfaction. When there is a prolonged experience of occupational stress, it leads to professional burnout. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the occupational stress and the professional burnout among bank employees in Rohtak, Haryana. For this 150 Bank Employees selected from the various private banks in Rohtak city to participate in the study. A five point rating scales to assess the occupational stress and professional burnout of private Bank employees developed by the investigators was used. Obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 19 for descriptive statistics for mean ± 1 SD, correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results are tabulated and are discussed here under.

Keywords

Occupational Stress, Professional Burnout, Bank Employees

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