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Nathan Hartman PhD

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SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 230
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Biography

Nathan S. Hartman received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently an associate professor at Illinois State University. His primary research interests include organizational citizenship behaviors, employee selection, and leader development. He has authored articles in publications including Journal of Management Development, Organizational Research Methods, Group & Organization Management, Personnel Psychology, and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment. Nathan is a College of Business Outstanding MBA Faculty Award-winner who has also partnered with other faculty to develop leadership programs for students and professionals, Illinois State University's Innovation Consulting Community, and interdisciplinary MBA courses.

Current Courses

MGT 330.001 Management of Projects and Teams

MGT 221.004 Organizational Behavior And Administration

MGT 430.001 Project Management Fundamentals

MGT 220.002 Business Organization And Management

Teaching Interests & Areas

Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Leader/Manager Development, Project Management, and Employee Selection and Recruitment

Research Interests & Areas

Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Leader/Manager Development, Project Management, and Employee Selection and Recruitment

PhD Organizational Behavior (Management)

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

MBA Management

Averett Univeristy
Danville, Va

BS Mechanical Engineering

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Best Paper in Teaching Innovations Track

Southern Management Association
2024

Sabbatical

Illinois State University
2018

College of Business Outstanding MBA Faculty Award

Illinois State University College of Business
2016

Wisdom's Torch Award to Support Teaching

Illinois State Univeristy College of Business
2015

Best Reviewer Award

Careers Division of the Academy of Management Annual Conference
2011

Standard Products – Reid Research Award

John Carroll University Boler School of Business
2011

The George E. Grauel Faculty Fellowship

John Carroll University
2009

Dean's Scholar

Virginia Commonwealth University College of Business
2004

Grants and Contracts

College of Business Research Fellowship and University Research Grant program (URG)
Heidi Baumann, Nathan S Hartman
ISU's College of Business. August 9 2024 - August 9 2024
College of Business Research Fellowship and University Research Grant program (URG)
Nathan S Hartman
2015 - 2015

Book, Chapter

Ethics and Leadership
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
(2015), 873-891, 10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch048, Human Rights and Ethics, IGI Global
Ethics and Leadership: The Role of Prevention and Promotion Oriented Approaches
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
(2014), Servant Leadership: Research and Practice, IGI Global
Making the Right Impression, but Padding the Estimates
Hartman, N., & Watts, C.
(2011), 15-17, 10.1057/9780230370432_7, Stories to Tell Your Students: Transforming toward Organizational Growth, Palgrave Macmillan US
Research Trends in Emotions and Leadership
Humphrey, R., Kellett, J., Sleeth, R., & Hartman, N.
(2008), Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations, Edawrd Elgar
Situational judgment tests: Validity and an integrative model
McDaniel, M., Whetzel, D., Hartman, N., Nguyen, N., & Grubb III, W.
(2006), Everything you wanted to know about SJTs (but were afraid to ask)., Elsevier Science
Structural equation modeling methods in strategy research: Applications and issues
Williams, L., Gavin, M., & Hartman, N.
(2004), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Gender, race, and ethnic differences on assessment tools used in career guidance and counseling
Hartman, N., McDaniel, M., & Whetzel, D.
(2003), Measuring up: The ultimate resource on testing for teachers, counselors, and administrators, ESR

Conference Proceeding

Predicting Technology Replacement Timing
Choudhury, A., Hartman, N., & Coussens, T.
Annual Meeting of the National Decisions Sciences Institute, 54, 952-954, (2023)
Identify Short-Term Trend in Support Services' Demand for Technology
Choudhury, A., Hartman, N., & Coussens, T.
Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, (2019)
Identify Technology Changeover Timing Using Leading Indicator
Hartman, N., Choudhury, A., & Coussens.
Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, (2018)
Identify Technology Changeover Timing Using Phone Support Services
Choudhury, A., Hartman, N., & Coussens, T.
Decision Sciences Institute National Conference, 49, 724-726, (2018)
Demonstrating Sensitivity Analysis: A way to view the common method variance problem.
Hartman, N., & Williams, L.
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, (2016)
Socio-Economic Predictors of Home Value: A Regional Analysis
Choudhury, A., Hartman, N., & Patel, V.
Allied Academies International Conference, 16 (1), 60-61, (2014)
Appreciating project management complexity: Simulations in the classroom
Hartman, N., & Watts, C.
Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, (2012)
Appreciating project management complexity: Simulations in the classroom
Hartman, N., & Watts, C.
Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, (2012)
Leader Development: Would You Tell Me, Please, Which Way I Ought To Go From Here?
Hartman, N., Allen, S., & Miguel, R.
Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, (2012)

Journal Article

Design Thinking in the University and the Business Classroom: A Collaborative Search for Solutions
Kaufman, P., Hartman, N., Valentin, R., Hunter, G., Jones, J., Zamudio, M., LaMont, R., & Baldauf, K.
Business Education Innovation Journal, 16 (1), 222-235, (2024)
The Best of Both Worlds: Affiliation and Agency in Traditional and Gig Work Choices
Hartman, N., & Karriker, J.
Journal of Career Development, 51 (5), 619-636, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453241275031
Questionable research practices among researchers in the most research‐productive management programs
Kepes, S., Keener, S., McDaniel, M., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43 (7), 1190-1208, (2022), 10.1002/job.2623
Books and Posters: Creating Conversations That Result in Learning
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
Management Teaching Review, 6 (3), 223-236, (2021), 10.1177/2379298120944597
Identity in the Gig Economy: Affect and Agency
Karriker, J., Hartman, N., Cavazotte, F., & Grubb III, W.
Journal of Organizational Psychology, 27 (2), 146-159, (2021), https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v21i2.4200
Preparing managers for a reconfigured world: management education’s new gig
Hartman, N., & Karriker, J.
Journal of Management Development, 40 (1), 23-34, (2020), 10.1108/jmd-05-2020-0164
The Use of Extracurricular Interdisciplinary Project-Based Teams in Higher Education as a Catalyst for Actionable Knowledge
Kaufman, P., Hartman, N., Jones, J., Saripalle, R., & Smudde, P.
Business Education Innovation Journal, 11 (1), 126-136, (2019)
The harder they may fall: Leadership self-efficacy as hindrance to millennial's' leadership development
Karriker, J., & Hartman, N.
International Leadership Journal, 11 (1), 55-77, (2019)
Key Determinants of Support Services Demand in Instructional Technology Management
Choudhury, A., Hartman, N., & Coussens, T.
Journal Of Information Technology Management, 29 (2), 29-39, (2018)
Social Media and Dynamic Capabilities: Mining Millennial Resources
Karriker, K., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Organizational Psychology, (2018)
Customer Journeys through the Eyes of Undergraduate College Students
Taylor, S., Hartman, N., & Lim, J.
Journal Of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction And Complaining Behavior, 30, 119-138, (2017)
An exploration of teaching methods used to develop leaders
Hartman, N., Allen, S., & Miguel, R.
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 36 (5), 454-472, (2015), 10.1108/lodj-07-2013-0097
Regional Differential Wealth Effect on Home Value: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Choudhury, A., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 16 (1), 273-290, (2015)
Regional differential wealth effect on home value: A cross-sectional analysis
Choudhury, A., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 16 (1), 273-290, (2015)
Appreciative Inquiry and Autonomy-Supportive Classes in Business Education
Conklin, T., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Experiential Education, 37 (3), 285-309, (2014), 10.1177/1053825913514732
Appreciative Inquiry and Autonomy-Supportive Classes in Business Education: A Semilongitudinal Study of AI in the Classroom
Conklin, T., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Experiential Education, 37 (3), 285-309, (2014)
Charismatic Leadership, Citizenship Behaviors, and Power Distance Orientation
Cavazotte, F., Hartman, N., & Bahiense, E.
Cross-Cultural Research, 48 (1), 3-31, (2014), 10.1177/1069397113494687
Charismatic leadership, citizenship behaviors and power distance orientation: Comparing Brazilian and U.S. workers
Cavazotte, F., Hartman, N., & Cunha, E.
Cross-Cultural Research, 48 (1), 3-31, (2014)
Appreciating the Complexity of Project Management Execution: Using Simulation in the Classroom
Hartman, N., Watts, C., & Treleven, M.
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 11 (4), 323-334, (2013), 10.1111/dsji.12016
A thematic analysis of a leadership speaker series
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
Journal of Management Development, 31 (8), 826-844, (2012), 10.1108/02621711211253277
Listening, themeing, and likerting: An analysis of a leadership speaker series
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
Journal Of Management Development, 31 (8), 826-844, (2012)
Method variance and marker variables: An integrative approach using structural equation modeling
Willimas, L., Hartman, N., & Cavazotte, F.
Organizational Research Methods, 13 (477), 514, (2010)
Individual Task Choice and the Division of Challenging Tasks Between Men and Women
De Pater, I., Van Vianen, A., Humphrey, R., Sleeth, R., Hartman, N., & Fischer, A.
Group & Organization Management, 34 (5), 563-589, (2009), 10.1177/1059601108331240
Music as a mirror: The "choosing my personal theme song" exercise
Hartman, N., & Conklin, T.
Organization Management Journal, 6 (1), 48-57, (2009), 10.1057/omj.2009.7
Sources of learning in student leadership development programming
Allen, S., & Hartman, N.
Journal of Leadership Studies, 3 (3), 6-16, (2009), 10.1002/jls.20119

Other

Workplace Violence Primer and Guideline for Industrial Hygienists a Research Report for the American Industrial Hygiene Association
Fuller, T., Rosen, J., & Hartman, N.
American Industrial Hygiene Association, (2016)

Presentations

Facilitating Online Groups Through the Use of Optional Online Office Hours (OOOH!) for Asynchronous Courses
Thomas Conklin, Nathan S Hartman
52nd Annual Conference of Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 12, 2025
Identifying Organization-Wide Technology Replacement/Upgrade Timing
Askar Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, Ted Coussens
Annual Meeting of the National Decision Sciences Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, November, 2024
Repeat Offenders: Emerging Leaders A Tale of Success
Heidi M Baumann, Nathan S Hartman, Candace A. Esken
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, October, 2024
Aha!: Building Leader Identity through Moments of Insight During Experiential Learning Exercises
Heidi M Baumann, Anna S Zabinski, Nathan S Hartman
Southern Management Association, San Antonio, Texas, October, 2024
Predicting Technology Replacement Timing
Askar Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, Ted Coussens
Annual Meeting of the National Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta, GA, November 19, 2023
Identity Development in Management Education: Purposeful Integration of Leader Identity Formation
Nathan S Hartman
Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete, FL, October 25, 2023
Technology, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the Continual Flux Faculty Face
Nathan S Hartman, Joseph M Goodman, Scott Allen, Joy Karriker, T A Conklin, Flavia Cavazotte
annual meeting for the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, August 7, 2022
The current and future life of the academic: Changing realities for the profession.
T A Conklin, Nathan S Hartman, J H Karriker, P Lanier
annual meeting for the Southern Management Association, St. Pete, FL (Virtual), October, 2020
Preparing managers for a reconfigured world: Management education’s new gig
Nathan S Hartman, J H Karriker
the annual meeting for the Southern Management Association, St. Pete, FL (Virtual), October, 2020
Broadening our sight: Preparing Students to succeed in the Gig Economy
Nathan S Hartman, F Na'Desh, J McCollum, C Barber, T A Conklin, J H Karriker, P Lanier
annual meeting for the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC (Virtual), August, 2020
Management Teaching PDI
R Davis, S Holloway, Nathan S Hartman
Norfolk Virginia, , 2019
Teach my students about the Gig economy, or stay in your lane bro?
Nathan S Hartman, T A Conklin, J H Karriker, P Lanier
Southern Management Association, Norfolk Virginia, October, 2019
Being one of the best: Applying Bain's recommendations to management education
Nathan S Hartman
Academy of Management Annual National Conference, Boston Massachusetts, August, 2019
Life-Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis Algorithm for Equipment Replacement with an App for Decision Making Tool
Askar Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, T Coussens
Washington District of Columbia, May, 2019
Life-Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis Algorithm for Equipment Replacement with an App for Decision Making Tool
A H Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, T Coussens
Washington District of Columbia, May, 2019
Identify Technology Changeover Timing Using Leading Indicator
A. Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, T Coussens
Chicago Illinois, November, 2018
Superlative teachers: Conversations on applying Ken Bain's
N S Hartman, T A Conklin, A Boulamatsi, J M Goodman, W L Grubb III
Normal Illinois, November, 2018
Cost-benefit tradeoff of technology replacement: Practitioners' guide for 4 years versus 6 years
Nathan S Hartman, Askar Choudhury, Ted Coussens
Chicago Illinois, April, 2018
Enhancing Student Learning in Quantitative Reasoning Course Through Data Visualization
Nathan S Hartman, A Choudhury, T Coussens
Normal Illinois, , 2017
Predicting Classroom Technology Support Service's Demand Using Seasonality
A Choudhury, Nathan S Hartman, T Coussens
Chicago Illinois, , 2017
Teaching :( and Teaching :) : Applying a positive approach to management education
T A Conklin, Nathan S Hartman, J H Karriker, P Lanier, T O Peterson
St. Pete Florida, , 2017
Suppose we applied a positive approach to management education
S D Aikens, J W Beard, D Bright, T A Conkling, Nathan S Hartman
Atlanta Georgia, August, 2017
Social Media and Dynamic Capabilities: Mining Millennial Resources
K J Karriker, Nathan S Hartman
SMS Special Conference, Banff Canada-British Columbia, June, 2017
Questionable Research Practices Among Researchers in Top Management Programs
M A McDaniel, S Kepes, Nathan S Hartman, S List
Orlando Florida, April, 2017
Posters to Facilitate Conversations: Real Conversation About Individual Learning Events
Nathan S Hartman, T A Conklin
Charlotte North Carolina, , 2016