Design And Implementation of a Mentoring Program for Postgraduate Students: A Case Study of Qualitative Analysis Mentoring

Ani Munirah Mohamad, Eshaby Mustafa, Ain Husna Mohd Arshad, Nur Aili Hanim Hanafiah, Nurhazlina Mohd Ariffin and Syarifah Rohaniah Syed Mahmood
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Ani Munirah Mohamad: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Eshaby Mustafa: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Ain Husna Mohd Arshad: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Nur Aili Hanim Hanafiah: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Nurhazlina Mohd Ariffin: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Syarifah Rohaniah Syed Mahmood: International Islamic University Malaysia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 3s, 2695-2703

Abstract: A well-designed mentoring program is found to be highly facilitative for postgraduate students. The process of supervision is normally related to the main contents of research. Therefore, a mentoring program may provide an opportunity for the postgraduate students to develop skills that are normally not acquired from supervision. This paper discusses the twelve-steps process in designing and implementing a mentoring program for postgraduate students. Case study design was employed in this research, focusing on a qualitative analysis mentoring program conducted at one of the higher learning institutions in Malaysia, with specific reference to computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software known as ATLAS.ti. The discussion includes stages of mentoring on the use of ATLAS.ti for qualitative data analysis process. It is found that the mentoring on the use of computer-assisted software, particularly ATLAS.ti, has been able to facilitate students’ understanding on the process of qualitative data analysis. Future research could be conducted to larger scale population and the mentoring of different software so as to generalize the findings of the study. Hopefully this paper will become a focal reference for similar mentoring programs for other areas and topics in the future.

Date: 2025
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