Document Type : Original Article
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1 Department of Education, Payam Noor university, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Educational Management, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the perceptions of managers and experts about the mentor-oriented manager in the skill-based higher education system. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach and phenomenological method. The participants in this study were 12 managers, experts and university professors in the National Skill University of Kurdistan Province who had experience or studies in the field of mentoring, who were selected using a purposive snowball sampling method. The data collection process continued using semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation was achieved, and the content analysis method was used to analyze the data, and the methods (participant feedback, external observer, transferability and reliability) were used to validate the data. The findings from the data analysis led to the identification of 39 basic themes. The basic themes were divided into 5 organizing themes (including goal setting, understanding the current situation, creating options, taking action, and evaluating performance), and as a result, an exploratory pattern was formed in a comprehensive theme under the title of characteristics of a coaching-oriented manager, and based on that, a network of themes of characteristics of coaching-oriented managers was drawn. The results of this research can help managers in the field of coaching to identify their weaknesses and managerial inadequacies, and paying attention to each of the dimensions and components identified from the results of this research by the trustees of the country's skill-based higher education system can lead to improving the quality of service provision in different parts of the skill-based education system and ultimately to the sustainable development of the country.
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