The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Effectiveness of schools Management with Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of authentic leadership on effectiveness of schools management through the mediation of knowledge sharing. This study is a correlation research. 160 school principals of Zahedan city were studied by using three questionnaires authentic leadership, knowledge sharing, and management effectiveness. For data analysis the Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used by SPSS and Lisrel software. Based on results the direct effect of authentic leadership on effectiveness of schools management (β=0.71, t=6.28), direct effect of authentic leadership on knowledge sharing (β=0.65, t=4.851) and direct effect of knowledge sharing on effectiveness of schools management (β=0.28, t=2.79) was significant. The indirect effect of authentic leadership on effectiveness of schools management was also significant with the mediator role of knowledge sharing (β=0.182). Thus can conclude that authentic leadership is positively and significantly associated with effectiveness of schools management both directly and indirectly with the mediating role of the knowledge sharing.