Dr. Angus Hildreth

Biography

Angus Hildreth is an associate professor in management organization at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He received his PhD in business administration (organizational behavior) from the Walter Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Hildreth's research focuses on the effects of loyalty, power, and status on leadership, top-team performance, group functioning, and ethical decision-making. He is particularly interested in how power undermines collaborative performance in top teams, how loyalty prompts ethicality, and how status affects individual well-being. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Psychological Bulletin. His research has been covered by media outlets including Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, HBS Working Knowledge, NPR, and Quartz. Hildreth graduated from the University of Cambridge with a master's degree in mathematics and has MBA and MS degrees in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a fellow of the Institute of Faculty of Actuaries (FIA) and has worked for over a decade as a consultant actuary with Aon Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London and New York. During his time at PwC, he was part of the Global CEO's global leadership team, managing strategic agendas and internal communication for a 150,000-person organization, interacting with 18 senior executives.

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