the effect of resonant leadership on organizational commitment the mediating role of trust and knowledge sharing

use of appropriate leadership style to improve organizational commitment is among the major duties of managers. in order to achieve this goal, resonant leaders, in harmony with the other members, use a high level of emotional intelligence. the purpose of this study is to identify the resonant leadership's effect on the organizational commitment, with the mediating role of trust in the senior managers and organizational knowledge sharing in the administrative department of a university. this study has used stratified random sampling and web-based questionnaire to collect data from 162 experts and managers in one of the iranian public universities. data was analyzed using lisrel structural equation modeling path analysis method. the result of data analysis showed that resonant leadership has positive effect on trust and knowledge sharing and predicted organizational commitment through these variables.