Dr Kristin Hildenbrand

PhD

Management School

Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour

k.hildenbrand@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0982

C048, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Kristin Hildenbrand
Management School
C048
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Profile

I am a Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Leadership and a member of the Institute of Work Psychology (IWP; WEPO division) within the Sheffield University Management School.

I am a programme director of the Executive MBA (open programme).

I joined Sheffield University Management School in 2016.

I hold a PhD in Management (Work and Organisational Psychology; focus leadership and well-being) from Aston University, Aston Business School and a Diplom (German equivalent to an integrated BSc and MSc) in Psychology from the University of Mainz, Germany.

My PhD was funded through a Graduate Teaching Assistant scholarship, while I have also worked, during my PhD studies, as a Research Assistant at the University of Cambridge and as a Lecturer in Leadership and Management at Coventry University College. Before my academic career, I have worked in leadership development of a large MNC.

I am regularly involved in consultancy projects.

My research interests lie at the intersection of leadership, well-being and work-life balance as well as leadership development with a particular focus on developing a-typical, non-traditional leaders.

Research interests

As I consider line managers to be the linking pin between organisational policies and employees and as they often serve as role models to guide employee behaviour, my research interests centre around leadership.

Specifically, I am interested in the effects line managers have on employee well-being and work-life balance and am involved in various projects, such as the evaluation of a line manager mental health awareness training and the exploration and reduction of stigma against line managers suffering from mental health problems.

I am also very much interested in leadership development and bridging the existing gap between research and practice when it comes to leadership development and hence explore how leaders develop and which leadership training works for whom.

My recent research projects focus on the leadership development of women as a-typical leaders, which I explore through a work-life balance and cultural lens.

My work has been published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and I am a reviewer for Human Relations, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology and the Academy of Management Conference.

I have acted as chair of the international IWP 2018 conference (150 attendees) and have received funding for various research projects from Sheffield University Management School.

I have conducted research with various private and public organisations within the UK, particularly in the South Yorkshire region and in Germany.

Publications

Journal articles

Gan X, Hildenbrand K & Patterson M (2024) How Narcissistic Rivalry Shapes Crossover Effects of Work-Induced Ego Depletion. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1).
Hildenbrand K, Daher P & Akaighe G (2021) Authentic leadership and employee health: A conditional process model (WITHDRAWN). Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), 11900-11900.
Hildenbrand K, Sacramento CA & Binnewies C (2018) Transformational leadership and burnout: The role of thriving and followers’ openness to experience.. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23(1), 31-43. View this article in WRRO
Hildenbrand K, Daher P, Topakas A & Gan X () Multidimensional work-nonwork balance: are balanced employees productive at work and satisfied with life?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-40.
Hildenbrand K, Daher P & Akaighe G () Authentic leadership and employee health. A conditional process model. Journal of Managerial Psychology.
Dawson J, McCarthy I, Taylor C, Hildenbrand K, Leamy M, Reynolds E & Maben J () Effectiveness of a group intervention to reduce the psychological distress of healthcare staff: A pre-post quasi-experimental evaluation. BMC Health Services Research.

Chapters

Hildenbrand K, Rummel SRF, de Léon Kalk JJ & Junker NM (2023) Familienunterstützende Führung, Handbuch Mitarbeiterführung (pp. 1-11). Springer Nature
Hildenbrand K, Rummel SRF, de Léon Kalk JJ & Junker NM (2023) Familienunterstützende Führung, Handbuch Mitarbeiterführung (pp. 283-293). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings papers

Arslan S, Hildenbrand K, Topakas A & Vasquez C (2023) Internal Leader Identity Congruence in Authenticity at Work and Ego Depletion. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OPEN, Vol. 82 (pp 24-24)
Akaighe G, Topakas A & Hildenbrand K (2022) Leader Narcissism and Team Burnout: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Study. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2022(1)
Brooks S, Topakas A & Hildenbrand K (2019) The Role of Distance in Shaping Relationship Quality between Leaders and Followers. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2019(1) (pp 16378-16378)
Arslan S, Hildenbrand K, Topakas A & Vasquez C () Do you see me as I see myself? Implications of internal leader identity asymmetry.. 21st Conference of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland.
Gan X, Topakas A, Hildenbrand K & Patterson M () Daily Investigation of Leaders’ Sleeping Hours, Abusive Supervisory Behaviours and Well-being: The Moderating Effect of Leader Narcissism.. 6th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium, Rhodes, Greece.
Gan X, Topakas A & Hildenbrand K () Identity dynamics as antecedents of leadership styles.. 5th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium, Mykonos, Greece.
Gan X, Topakas A, Hildenbrand K & Patterson M () Being treated well at work always good? Investigation of spillover effects of leader-member exchange on employees’ daily emotional well-being.. Mini-Conference on Relational Leadership, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK.
Hildenbrand K, Aryee S & Sacramento C () Supervisor work-nonwork support, work-nonwork balance and outcomes: Mediation models. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings

Website content

Hildenbrand K, Drencheva A & Duffy M Recently self-employed? Here's six tips from experts on how to protect your wellbeing..
Hildenbrand K How companies can ensure their employees are productive workers.

Research group: The Institute of Work Psychology (IWP)

Teaching interests

I am a very passionate and enthusiastic Lecturer with considerable experience of teaching learners at various levels.

I enjoy sharing my passion for leadership, leadership development and well-being with my students, with the hope that this passion is contagious.

I am approachable and very focused on developing individual learners’ potential through setting challenges combined with adequate support and feedback.

Before moving on to Executive Education (EPE), I have taught MGT120 ‘Introduction to Behaviour at Work’ and MGT6177 ‘Leader and Leadership Development’ and content on various other modules linked to leadership, leadership development and teamwork.

I particularly enjoy teaching mature learners as I value their experiences, which often provide opportunities for collaboration and ideas for future research projects.

PhD Supervision

Dr Kristin Hildenbrand supervises:

PhD student Samet Arslan
PhD student Hannah Boneham