Greg Hardt serves as an Assistant Professor of Management and a trust researcher at Hamline University. He has seven years of experience developing and teaching management, HR, and organizational behavior courses; his teaching philosophy revolves around engaging the student in differentiated and experiential pedagogy with an emphasis on understanding the material and its application in industry. His interests in trust research revolve around social exchange theory and asymmetry as it pertains to workplace interpersonal trust, employee voice, and polyculturalism, with specific interests in the impact of supervisor-subordinate interactions, individual differences, culture, and workplace behavior. Methodologically, his interests include fit analysis with polynomial regression and response surface methodology, qualitative inquiry, and multilevel analysis. Other interests include leadership, reflection, undocumented immigration, and managerial decision-making. As an immigrant from Paraguay, a Hispanic, and previously a first-generation multi-cultural college student (both traditional and non-traditional), he is a supporter of acceptance and inclusion.
Professor Hardt has three decades of relevant and diverse experience in for-profit, not-for-profit, entrepreneurial, elected official, cooperative, DOL-apprenticeship, unionized, and non-unionized organizations. He is a member of the First International Network of Trust, Management Faculty of Color Association, Academy of Management, PhD Project, McNair Scholar Program, and is a White House Initiative for Hispanics leader.
Teaching philosophy
I base my teaching philosophy on engagement, alignment, and rigor. I believe my role as a teacher is to lead the students to learn by engaging them with a variety of opportunities and challenges to increase their knowledge and competencies. I strive to establish and maintain high expectations to encourage student achievement.
As a professor, I believe I am a role model, mentor, and teacher, with the opportunity and responsibility to provide the best environment for learning and personal growth. To that end, I strive to embody qualities of professionalism, lifelong learning, inclusion, and ethical behavior. I work to create an environment that engages students and fosters critical thinking while accommodating differentiated learning styles. My goal is to facilitate the alignment of academic and applied concepts within the context of real situations based on my work experiences. This helps students to deeply understand and apply what they are learning.
—Greg Falcon Hardt
