Work-Hour-Related Factors and Occupational Stress Among Banking Employees in Sri Lanka

This cross-sectional questionnaire study examined associations between perceived occupational stress and four work-related factors among banking employees in Sri Lanka: unpredictable working hours, workload, work–life imbalance, and lack of schedule flexibility. Participants were recruited by convenience sampling through an online questionnaire; the achieved sample size 385 banking sector employees, collection period, and stress measure require confirmation from the study records. Reported Pearson correlations with occupational stress were positive for unpredictable hours (r = .721), workload (r = .760), work–life imbalance (r = .830), and lack of flexibility (r = .831); reported two-sided p values were below .01. These unadjusted associations do not establish independent effects or causation. The study offers contextual evidence for considering scheduling and workload in Sri Lankan banks, subject to verification of the measures, sample, and analysis.