Identify and prioritize staff stagnation factors based on EFA approach Case study; GeneralDepartments of Sports and Youth of the Northwestern Provinces of the Country

Abstract Sport Organizations as the main custodians of sport exercise play a vital role in development, promotion and improvement of any kinds of sports in both public and athletic sports, and also in reducing plateuing. Therefore, the present study aimed to design employees' plateuing model among the employees of Youths and Sport General Organizations in North-West Provinces of the Country.The study was done through combined methodology i.e. quantitative-qualitative and making use of deep interview and exploratory factor analysis. Study population consisted of all employees of Youths and Sport General Organizations in North-West Provinces of the Country including 329 individuals among whom 181 individuals were selected through random-cluster sampling and based on Morgan's table.  The results indicated that according to established structures from exploratory factor and factor analysis and also, structural equation analysis, totally 63 factors were identified influencing the occupational plateuing categorized in 11 sub factors and 5 main factors. Each of the main factors including skill factor (lack of technical skill and occupational immaturity), psychological factor (lack of individual motivation and external prize) inside work factor (occupational inflexibility, lack of transparency and promotion), within organization factor (lack of appropriate training and work relationships), and management factor (lack of management support and dissatisfaction of management style) influenced occupational plateauing respectively and approved the plateuing mode in youths and sport general organizations in north-west provinces of the country.