Stress is the tension people feel when they are facing or enduring extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities and are uncertain about their ability to handle them effectively. When there is too much stress, an employee's work and life can become unbalanced. Job-related stress can come from personality differences, the job itself, others' expectations, the environment itself, or forces outside the organization. Too much stress can cause physiological, psychological, and behavioral signs such as irritability, restlessness, and substance abuse. Managers can offer short-term incentives or make administrative changes to help reduce the stressors that lead to employee burnout. Most of us experience some amount of stress in our personal and professional lives. What happens when the stress gets too much? In this video case, a manager meets with her employees to move up the deadline of their work. How does the manager handle her stressed-out employees? Is this effective? How would you handle this situation? The manager could implement one of the following strategies to avoid staff shortages in the future by Multiple Choice 1. avoids accepting more projects. 2. firing non-performers. 3. hiring, training, and developing staff for future projects. 4. transferring employees out to another department. 5. offering retirement incentives.