Stress is an inevitable part of human life, often arising from work pressures, personal challenges, or environmental demands. In the context of managing human resources, stress not only affects employees' health and well-being but also impacts organizational productivity and efficiency. Understanding the nature, sources, and consequences of stress is crucial for implementing effective management strategies that can help employees cope with stress and maintain optimal performance. Stress can be defined as a psychological and physiological response to demands that exceed an individual’s coping resources. It can manifest in various forms, including physical symptoms like headaches, fatigue, and high blood pressure, emotional disturbances such as anxiety, irritability, and depression, and behavioral changes including absenteeism, reduced performance, or interpersonal conflicts at the workplace. Chronic stress can lead to serious health conditions and significantly affect overall quality of life. The sources of stress in an organizational setting are diverse and can be categorized into external and internal factors. External stressors include economic pressures, job insecurity, technological changes, and competition, while internal stressors are related to the nature of the job itself, role ambiguity, excessive workload, poor work environment, and interpersonal relationships with colleagues or supervisors. Employees facing unclear expectations, conflicting demands,