Elliott Tyler Kruse

Dr. Elliott Tyler Kruse is a Professor researcher at EGADE Business School within Tecnológico de Monterrey (Santa Fe campus). He holds a PhD in Psychology from UC Riverside and an MA from California State University, Long Beach. Previously, he conducted postdoctoral research at Vanderbilt University and Princeton University (2013-2015).

His research examines how values influence leadership, with emphasis on:

• Ethical decision-making and motivation
• Negotiation dynamics and conflict resolution
• Psychological constructs like humility and gratitude
• Social innovation in organizational contexts

Recent publications focus on stress appraisal (2018), humility measurement (2017), clinician-patient communication (2016), and gratitude-bias relationships (2014), demonstrating consistent output in social/positive psychology.

Awards include:

• Best Article Prize, Academy of Management (2011)
• Mexican National Researcher System (SNI) Candidate

He teaches graduate courses in leadership, negotiation, multicultural strategy, and research methods, while advising doctoral candidates.