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Ariella Kristal

Ariella Kristal

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Student

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Ariella is a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School where she studies behavioral design. Specifically, she is interested in how environments can be structured to reduce bias in the workplace, in educational settings, in the online context, and in many others. She is also a Lara Warner Scholar of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School.
 
Previously, Ariella worked for the Behavioural Insights Team in London, where she applied findings from behavioral science to public policy. She has focused on delivering policy advice and designing and implementing field experiments related to sustainable transportation, criminal justice, and organizational behavior. Ariella graduated from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics.
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Publications

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • Kristal, Ariella, A.V. Whillans, Max Bazerman, Francesca Gino, Lisa Shu, Nina Mazar, and Dan Ariely. "Signing at the Beginning vs at the End Does Not Decrease Dishonesty." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 13 (March 31, 2020). View Details
  • Kristal, A.S., and A.V. Whillans. "What We Can Learn from Five Naturalistic Field Experiments That Failed to Shift Commuter Behaviour." Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 2 (February 2020): 169–176. View Details

Working Papers
Working Papers

  • Yoon, Jaewon, Hayley Blunden, Ariella Kristal, and A.V. Whillans. "Framing Feedback Giving as Advice Giving Yields More Critical and Actionable Input." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-021, August 2019. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials
Cases and Teaching Materials

  • Luca, Michael, Ariella Kristal, and Emilie Billaud. "Creating the French Behavioral Insights Team." Harvard Business School Case 919-015, December 2018. (Revised June 2020.) View Details

Other Publications and Materials
Other Publications and Materials

  • Yoon, Jaewon, Hayley Blunden, Ariella Kristal, and A.V. Whillans. "Why Asking for Advice Is More Effective Than Asking for Feedback." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 20, 2019). View Details
  • Kristal, Ariella, and A.V. Whillans. "Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 24, 2019). View Details
  • Kristal, Ariella, A.V. Whillans, Max Bazerman, Francesca Gino, Lisa Shu, Nina Mazar, and Dan Ariely. "When We're Wrong, It's Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So." Scientific American (March 21, 2020). View Details
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Ariella is a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School where she studies behavioral design. Specifically, she is interested in how environments can be structured to reduce bias in the workplace, in educational settings, in the online context, and in many others. She is also a Lara Warner Scholar of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School.
 
Previously, Ariella worked for the Behavioural Insights Team in London, where she applied findings from behavioral science to public policy. She has focused on delivering policy advice and designing and implementing field experiments related to sustainable transportation, criminal justice, and organizational behavior. Ariella graduated from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics.
Journal Articles
  • Kristal, Ariella, A.V. Whillans, Max Bazerman, Francesca Gino, Lisa Shu, Nina Mazar, and Dan Ariely. "Signing at the Beginning vs at the End Does Not Decrease Dishonesty." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 13 (March 31, 2020). View Details
  • Kristal, A.S., and A.V. Whillans. "What We Can Learn from Five Naturalistic Field Experiments That Failed to Shift Commuter Behaviour." Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 2 (February 2020): 169–176. View Details
Working Papers
  • Yoon, Jaewon, Hayley Blunden, Ariella Kristal, and A.V. Whillans. "Framing Feedback Giving as Advice Giving Yields More Critical and Actionable Input." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-021, August 2019. View Details
Cases and Teaching Materials
  • Luca, Michael, Ariella Kristal, and Emilie Billaud. "Creating the French Behavioral Insights Team." Harvard Business School Case 919-015, December 2018. (Revised June 2020.) View Details
Other Publications and Materials
  • Yoon, Jaewon, Hayley Blunden, Ariella Kristal, and A.V. Whillans. "Why Asking for Advice Is More Effective Than Asking for Feedback." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 20, 2019). View Details
  • Kristal, Ariella, and A.V. Whillans. "Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 24, 2019). View Details
  • Kristal, Ariella, A.V. Whillans, Max Bazerman, Francesca Gino, Lisa Shu, Nina Mazar, and Dan Ariely. "When We're Wrong, It's Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So." Scientific American (March 21, 2020). View Details
Area of Study
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Psychology
Areas of Interest
  • decision-making
  • diversity
  • organizational design
  • people analytics

Area of Study

Organizational Behavior
Psychology

Areas of Interest

decision-making
diversity
organizational design
people analytics
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