Enhancing coping skills for new management trainees: A programme based on coping effectiveness intervention

Prior research suggests that new management trainees often experience stress, but few studies have investigated psychological interventions or mind-body therapies for this population. The purpose of this study is to equip new management trainees with practical stress coping techniques and enhance their self-efficacy in stressful work situations. To develop a systematic coping training programme, the study reviewed empirical studies and used Anshel (1990)’s COPE approach and Lazarus and Folkman (1984)’s Goodness-of-fit Model as frameworks for psychological coping techniques and instruments. The study's coping training programme, called Coping Effectiveness Training Intervention, includes specific techniques, timelines, and follow-up actions. The study begins by introducing the programme’s design from a pragmatism perspective and then justifies it based on the literature review. The study provides practitioners with a scientific coping training framework for use in real business settings to enhance trainees' self-efficacy, help them adapt to their new working environment, and improve their job performance.