Jason W. Hart
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Hi, my name is Jason Hart. Welcome to my little part of socialpsychology.org. My expertise is in the areas of group dynamics and organizational psychology.
Initially, my research interests focused on the issue of individual motivation within groups. This productive line of research examined the dispositional and situational factors that might reduce or eliminate the tendency for individuals to engage in social loafing (the tendency to work less hard collectively when working either coactively or individually on the same task). When I get some adequate lab space, I hope to return to this line of research in the future.
More recently, my colleagues and I have worked together to develop a two-factor theory of achievement motivation. Based on our research, it appears that the different facets that underlie achievement motivation collapse into two distinct factors: extrinsic and intrinsic achievement motivation.
My latest research focuses on the psychology of gossip and secret keeping. I would tell you more, but alas, it is a SECRET!!
Primary Interests:
- Group Processes
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Organizational Behavior
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Group or Laboratory:
- Group and Organizational Dynamics Laboratory
Journal Articles:
- Farley, S., Timme, D., & Hart, J. W. (2010). On coffee talk and break-room chatter: Perceptions of women who gossip in the workplace. The Journal of Social Psychology.
- Hart, J. W., Bridgett, D., & Karau, S. J. (2001). Coworker effort and ability as determinants of individual effort on a collective task. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 5, 181-190.
- Hart, J. W., Karau, S. J., Stasson, M. F., & Kerr, N. A. (2004). Achievement motivation, expected coworker performance, and collective task motivation: Working hard or hardly working? Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
- Hart, J. W., Stasson, M. F., Fulcher, K. H., & Mahoney, J. M. (2008). Assessing achievement motivation as a multi-faceted construct: Examining the psychometric properties of the Cassidy and Lynn achievement motivation scale. Individual Differences Research.
- Hart, J. W., Stasson, M. F., & Karau, S. J. (1999). The effects of source expertise and physical distance on minority influence. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3, 81-92.
- Hart, J. W., Stasson, M. F., Mahoney, J. M., & Story, P. (2007). The big five and achievement motivation: Exploring the relationship between personality and a two-factor model of motivation. Individual Differences Research.
- Karau, S. J., & Hart, J. W. (1998). Group cohesiveness and social loafing: Effects of a social interaction manipulation on individual motivation within groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2, 185-191.
- Kaufman, D., Stasson, M. F., & Hart, J. W. (1999). Are the tabloids wrong or is that just what we think? Perceptions of articles in print media. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29(9), 1984-1997.
- Story, P., Hart, J. W., Stasson, M. F., & Mahoney, J. M. (2008). Using a two-factor theory of achievement motivation to examine performance-based outcomes and self-regulatory processes. Personality and Individual Differences.
- Story, P., Stasson, M. F., Mahoney, J. M., & Hart, J. W. (2008). A two-factor theory of achievement motivation. Social Behavior and Personality.
Other Publications:
- Hart, J. W., & Eastman, R. L. (2002). Individual motivation in collective performance settings: Implications of the collective effort model for groups in public organizations. In T. Duvillier (Ed.), The motivation of work in the public sector. Quebec, Academia-Bruylant.
- Stasson, M. F., Markus, M. J., & Hart, J. W. (1999). [Review of the book Theory and Research on Small Groups]. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3(4), 313-316.
Courses Taught:
- Behavioral Statistics
- General Psychology
- Group Dynamics
- Human Growth and Development (Honors)
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Leading Groups
- Organizational Psychology
- Personality
- Research Design
- Social Psychology
- Tests and Measurement
- Why People Believe Weird Things: Psychology of Pseudoscience
Jason W. Hart
Department of Psychology
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, Virginia 23606
United States of America
- Phone: (757) 594-7924
- Fax: (757) 594-7342