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      Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
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      • January 2021
      • Teaching Note

      The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B)

      By: Ashley V. Whillans
      This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the...  View Details
      Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation And Benefits; United Kingdom
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      Whillans, Ashley V. "The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 921-021, January 2021.
      • November 3, 2020
      • Article

      Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries

      By: Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard and Martial Foucault
      Using original data from two waves of a survey conducted in March and April 2020 in eight OECD countries (N = 21,649), we show that women are more likely to see COVID-19 as a very serious health problem, to agree with restraining public policy measures adopted in...  View Details
      Keywords: Covid-19; Health Pandemics; Attitudes; behavior; Gender; Policy; Governance Compliance
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      Galasso, Vincenzo, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, and Martial Foucault. "Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 44 (November 3, 2020).
      • Article

      Nudging: Progress to Date and Future Directions

      By: John Beshears and Harry Kosowsky
      Nudges influence behavior by changing the environment in which decisions are made, without restricting the menu of options and without altering financial incentives. This paper assesses past empirical research on nudging and provides recommendations for future work in...  View Details
      Keywords: Nudge; Choice Architecture; Behavioral Economics; Behavioral Science; behavior; Change; Situation Or Environment; Decision Choices And Conditions; Decision Making
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      Beshears, John, and Harry Kosowsky. "Nudging: Progress to Date and Future Directions." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 161, Supplement (November 2020): 3–19.
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A)

      By: Ashley V. Whillans and Shibeal O'Flaherty
      This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the...  View Details
      Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Welfare; Compensation And Benefits; Well-being; United Kingdom
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      Whillans, Ashley V., and Shibeal O'Flaherty. "The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A)." Harvard Business School Case 921-020, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • October 2020
      • Case

      The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (B)

      By: Ashley V. Whillans and Shibeal O'Flaherty
      This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the...  View Details
      Keywords: Well-being; Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Welfare; Compensation And Benefits; United Kingdom
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      Whillans, Ashley V., and Shibeal O'Flaherty. "The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (B)." Harvard Business School Case 921-022, October 2020.
      • June 2020
      • Article

      In Generous Offers I Trust: The Effect of First-offer Value on Economically Vulnerable Behaviors

      By: M. Jeong, J. Minson and F. Gino
      Negotiation scholarship espouses the importance of opening a bargaining situation with an aggressive offer, given the power of first offers to shape concessionary behavior and outcomes. In our research, we identify a surprising consequence to this common prescription....  View Details
      Keywords: Attribution; Interpersonal Interaction; Judgment; Social Interaction; Inference; Open Data; Open Materials; Preregistered; Negotiation Offer; Strategy; behavior; Interpersonal Communication; Trust; Outcome Or Result
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      Jeong, M., J. Minson, and F. Gino. "In Generous Offers I Trust: The Effect of First-offer Value on Economically Vulnerable Behaviors." Psychological Science 31, no. 6 (June 2020): 644–653.
      • June 2020
      • Article

      Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review

      By: J Lu, J. Lee, F. Gino and A. Galinsky
      Lu, Lee, Gino, and Galinsky (2018) reported four studies demonstrating that air pollution predicted unethical behavior and that one mediating mechanism was state anxiety. In contrast, Heck and colleagues reported two null-effect studies on air pollution, trait...  View Details
      Keywords: State Anxiety; Pollution; behavior; Moral Sensibility; Analysis
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      Lu, J., J. Lee, F. Gino, and A. Galinsky. "Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review." Psychological Science 31, no. 6 (June 2020): 748–755.
      • March 2020
      • Case

      Behavior Change for Good

      By: Max Bazerman, Michael Luca and Marie Lawrence
      In 2017, Katy Milkman and Angela Duckworth created Behavior Change for Good (BCFG)—a behavioral science initiative founded with the goal of helping people achieve long-term behavior change in the areas of personal health, financial decisions (savings), and education....  View Details
      Keywords: Behavioral Science; Interventions; behavior; Change; Health
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      Bazerman, Max, Michael Luca, and Marie Lawrence. "Behavior Change for Good." Harvard Business School Case 920-049, March 2020.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Joy and Rigor in Behavioral Science

      By: Hanne K. Collins, Ashley V. Whillans and Leslie K. John
      In the past decade, behavioral science has undergone beneficial shifts towards greater transparency and more rigorous research. However, we wondered whether this heightened focus on confirmation might make researchers feel inhibited towards doing research, and reduce...  View Details
      Keywords: Open Science; Pre-registration; Exploration; Career Satisfaction; science; Research; Personal Development And Career; Satisfaction; Diversity
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      Collins, Hanne K., Ashley V. Whillans, and Leslie K. John. "Joy and Rigor in Behavioral Science." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-090, February 2020.
      • July 2019
      • Article

      Using Behavioral Science to Inform the Design of Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policies: Reply to Wilson and Stolarz-Fantino (2018)

      By: Leslie John, Grant E. Donnelly and Christina A. Roberto
      In their commentary, Wilson & Stolarz-Fantino argue that specific design features of our research mean that it cannot have policy implications and that researchers “need to consider profit maximization in menu design or studies are likely to suggest ill-informed...  View Details
      Keywords: Policy Implementation; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Policy
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      John, Leslie, Grant E. Donnelly, and Christina A. Roberto. "Using Behavioral Science to Inform the Design of Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policies: Reply to Wilson and Stolarz-Fantino (2018)." Psychological Science 30, no. 7 (July 2019): 1103–1105.
      • July 2019
      • Article

      The Gravitational Pull of Expressing Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others

      By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Christopher To, Shira Agasi, Stéphane Côté and Adam D. Galinsky
      Prior research attributes the positive effects of passion on professional success to intrapersonal characteristics. We propose that interpersonal processes are also critical because observers confer status on and support those who express passion. These interpersonal...  View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Admiration; Support; Emotions; Communication; Perception; Status And Position; Success; Situation Or Environment; Competition
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      Jachimowicz, Jon M., Christopher To, Shira Agasi, Stéphane Côté, and Adam D. Galinsky. "The Gravitational Pull of Expressing Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 153 (July 2019): 41–62.
      • Article

      The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training

      By: Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth and Adam M. Grant
      We present results from a large (n = 3,016) field experiment at a global organization testing whether a brief science-based online diversity training can change attitudes and behaviors toward women in the workplace. Our preregistered field experiment included an active...  View Details
      Keywords: Diversity Training; Bias; Field Experiment; Training; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias
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      Chang, Edward H., Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth, and Adam M. Grant. "The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 16 (April 16, 2019): 7778–7783.
      • January 2019
      • Article

      The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases

      By: Fenella Carpena, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro and Bilal Zia
      This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive constraints that can stymie the link between financial education and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a...  View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Education; Attitudes; behavior; Outcome Or Result
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      Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia. "The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases." Management Science 65, no. 1 (January 2019): 346–369.
      • Editorial

      From Ph.D. to Policy: Facilitating Connections Between Junior Scholars and Policymakers

      By: A.V. Whillans and Heather Devine
      This article is part of our special issue "Nudge Turns 10," which explores the intersection of behavioral science and public policy. View the complete issue here.
      In this piece, Ashley Whillans first shares her experience (bad and good) going from a graduate...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Education; Research; Personal Development And Career
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      Whillans, A.V., and Heather Devine. "From Ph.D. to Policy: Facilitating Connections Between Junior Scholars and Policymakers." Behavioral Scientist (September 4, 2018).
      • 2018
      • Chapter

      Work and Workplace

      By: Kai Ruggeri, Jana Berkessel, Jascha Achterberg, Gerhard M. Prinz, Alessandra Luna-Navarro, Jon M. Jachimowicz and A.V. Whillans
      Work is a major part of many lives. While individual experiences with work will differ—from how long we work to what jobs we have and to what extent we enjoy them—almost everyone is affected by employment, whether they have a job or not. Decades of research in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Workplace; Behavioral Insights; Retirement Savings; Working Conditions; Employees; Performance; Happiness; Health; Job Search; Change
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      Ruggeri, Kai, Jana Berkessel, Jascha Achterberg, Gerhard M. Prinz, Alessandra Luna-Navarro, Jon M. Jachimowicz, and A.V. Whillans. "Work and Workplace." Chap. 9 in Behavioral Insights for Public Policy: Concepts and Cases, edited by Kai Ruggeri, 156–173. New York: Routledge, 2018.
      • 2018
      • Book

      High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences

      By: Gordon H. Hanson, William R. Kerr and Sarah Turner
      Immigration policy is one of the most contentious public policy issues in the United States today. High-skilled immigrants represent an increasing share of the U.S. workforce, particularly in science and engineering fields. These immigrants affect economic growth,...  View Details
      Keywords: Immigration; Policy; Economics; Outcome Or Result; United States
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      Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr and Sarah Turner, eds. High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2018.
      • May 2018
      • Article

      Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations

      By: Christine L. Exley
      Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce concerns about appearing greedy and crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the importance of such image concerns is normally unobserved, the answer is theoretically unclear, and corresponding...  View Details
      Keywords: Incentives; Image Motivation; Volunteer; Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Gender; Reputations; Motivation And Incentives; behavior; Perception; Reputation
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      Exley, Christine L. "Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations." Management Science 64, no. 5 (May 2018): 2460–2471.
      • March 2018
      • Article

      Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior

      By: Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky
      Air pollution is a serious problem that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and...  View Details
      Keywords: Pollutants; behavior; Moral Sensibility; Crime And Corruption
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      Lu, Jackson G., Julia J. Lee, F. Gino, and Adam D. Galinsky. "Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior." Psychological Science 29, no. 3 (March 2018): 340–355.
      • 2017
      • White Paper

      The Foundation For Global Employee Engagement: A Behavior-Based Model for Leaders & Practitioners

      By: Charlotte Blank, Russ Frey, Allan Schweyer, A.V. Whillans and Chris Winkelspecht
      Fully engaging employees has never been more important—or less understood. Despite years of effort and substantial investments, few organizations have made real progress in achieving true engagement within the ranks of their workforce.

      As the prelude to a...  View Details
      Keywords: Employee Engagement; Behavioral Science; Performance; Employees; Attitudes; Performance; Organizational Culture
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      Blank, Charlotte, Russ Frey, Allan Schweyer, A.V. Whillans, and Chris Winkelspecht. "The Foundation For Global Employee Engagement: A Behavior-Based Model for Leaders & Practitioners." White Paper, Maritz Motivation Solutions, 2017.
      • August 2017
      • Article

      Should Governments Invest More in Nudging?

      By: Shlomo Benartzi, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon and Steven Galing
      Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes...  View Details
      Keywords: Nudge; Nudge Unit; Choice Architecture; Behavioral Science; Behavioral Economics; Savings; Pension Plan; Education; College Enrollment; Energy; Electricity Usage; Preventive Health; Influenza Vaccination; Flu Shot; Open Materials; behavior; Governance; Economics; Policy; Power And Influence
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      Benartzi, Shlomo, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon, and Steven Galing. "Should Governments Invest More in Nudging?" Psychological Science 28, no. 8 (August 2017): 1041–1055.
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