Features of peer mentoring program elements for university professors: Synthesis based on Roberts model

Peer mentoring is one of the new approaches in the professional development of employees, especially university professors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the elements of peer mentoring program for university professors, qualitative research approach and its method of synthesis research based on Roberts (2007) model. The research population consists of 347 articles on the features and models of peer mentoring for teaching professors and instructors that have been presented in prestigious scientific journals from 2005 to 2021. The research sample includes 58 scientific research articles that have been purposefully collected. Research data were collected from qualitative analysis of the studied documents. Based on the data analysis, peer mentoring components were classified into 5 dimensions and 29 factors. These dimensions include individual dimension (including factors; job skills, leadership skills, balance, decision-making skills, problem-solving skills, perceptual skills, accessibility, personality dimensions, motivation), organizational dimension (including On factors: professional development, support and encouragement, infrastructure, attention to professional components, organizational and managerial structure), cultural dimension (including factors; attention to cultural requirements) and dimension of requirements and musts (including On factors: dignity, pedagogical knowledge management, clear strategy, process personalization, cost-effectiveness, security, based on the principles of the workplace curriculum, based on hiatology, program requirements and role-paying) and communications (including component Such as, positive communication, social communication, communication in relationships and usefulness). Therefore, in order to better implement peer mentoring patterns, it is better to pay attention to all these 5 dimensions.