J. Richard Hackman is Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from MacMurray College and his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Illinois. He taught at Yale for twenty years and then moved to his present position at Harvard.

Professor Hackman teaches and conducts research on a variety of topics in social and organizational psychology, including team performance, leadership effectiveness, and the design of self-managing teams and organizations. His most recent books are Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances, which in 2004 won the Academy of Management’s Terry Award for the most outstanding management book of the year, and Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great (with Ruth Wageman, Debra Nunes, and James Burruss). He serves on the U. S. Intelligence Science Board and on the Board of Trustees of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Group Processes
Interpersonal Processes
Organizational Behavior
Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence

Applied Social Psychology
Group Processes
Interpersonal Processes

Organizational Behavior
Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence

Research Group or Laboratory:

The Group Brain Project [Map]

Books:

Journal Articles:

Allmendinger, J., Hackman, J. R., & Lehman, E. V. (1996). Life and work in symphony orchestras. The Musical Quarterly, 80, 194-219.
Hackman, J. R. (2003). Learning more from crossing levels: Evidence from airplanes, orchestras, and hospitals. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 1-18.
Hackman, J. R., & Wageman, R. (2007). Asking the right questions about leadership. American Psychologist, 62, 43-47.
Hackman, J. R., & Wageman, R. (2005). When and how team leaders matter. Research in Organizational Behavior, 26, 37-74.
Woolley, A. W., Gerbasi, M. E., Chabris, C.F., Kosslyn, S. M., & Hackman, J. R. (2008). Bringing in the experts: How team composition and collaborative planning jointly shape analytic effectiveness. Small Group Research, 39, 352-371.

Other Publications:

Hackman, J. R., & Edmondson, A. C. (2008). Groups as agents of change. In T. Cummings (Ed.), Handbook of organization development (pp. 167-186). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hackman, J. R., & Katz, N. (2010). Group behavior and performance. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., pp. 1208-1251). New York: Wiley.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Social Psychology
Individual Behavior in Organizations
Introduction to Psychology
Leadership and Group Performance
Managing Teams in Organizations
Personality, Groups, and Organizations
Professional Issues in Organizational Behavior
Psychological Measurement
Research Methodology
Social Psychology of Organizations
Statistics

Advanced Social Psychology
Individual Behavior in Organizations
Introduction to Psychology
Leadership and Group Performance
Managing Teams in Organizations
Personality, Groups, and Organizations

Professional Issues in Organizational Behavior
Psychological Measurement
Research Methodology
Social Psychology of Organizations
Statistics

Richard Hackman
Department of Psychology
William James 1530, Harvard University
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Phone: (617) 495-3897