THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE ON CAREER PLATEAU REDUCTION WITH THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL

Human resources are one of the most important and valuable assets of an organization, they cannot achieve success without efficient and quality personnel. Today, the horizontal structures of organizations and the fluid process of working life make it less possible for people to benefit from their full potential, creating a context for the subjects' professional plateau, therefore, an obstacle to the advancement of the organizations. The study investigated the effect of social intelligence in reducing the professional plateau with the mediating role of psychological capital. The method applied was descriptive-correlational. The results showed that social intelligence and psychological capital had a significant and inverse relationship with the professional plateau. Social intelligence has a direct and positive impact on the psychological capital of employees. In other words, increasing the level of social intelligence and psychological capital among employees can reduce the professional plateau