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  • 18 Aug 2018
  • News

How to be happier

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others Course Number 1816 Associate Professor Ashley Whillans Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits View Details
  • January 10, 2022
  • Article

The Link Between Income, Income Inequality, and Prosocial Behavior Around the World: A Multiverse Approach

By: Lucia Macchia and Ashley V. Whillans
The questions of whether high-income individuals are more prosocial than low-income individuals and whether income inequality moderates this effect have received extensive attention. We shed new light on this topic by analyzing a large-scale dataset with a... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Income Inequality; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Income
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  • 25 Jul 2017
  • News

Wealthy People Give to Charity for Different Reasons than the Rest of Us

  • December 2020
  • Supplement

France Télécom (C): An Unprecedented Trial

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Ashley V. Whillans
In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom itself were charged for institutional harassment by French authorities, a first for a CAC 40 company. In December... View Details
Keywords: Human Behavior; Human Dignity; Human Resource Practices; Corporate Change And Sustainability; Corporate Culture; Strategic Corporate Decisions; Strategic Change; Strategic Decision Making; Emotion; Management Challenges; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Law; Courts and Trials; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Management Practices and Processes; Employees; Well-being; Telecommunications Industry; Europe; European Union
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  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The Fight Beyond

The flight had been arranged by secret military cable. An elaborate code of flares and signal fires was agreed upon, and the US Army Air Force’s 52d Fighter Group staged a... View Details
Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook
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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

, and Ethan Burris Elliot Stoller, 2023 University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, School of Government Advisors: Julie Battilana (Chair), Bart Bonikowski , and Daniel Carpenter Ariella Kristal, 2022... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in operational transparency by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand by issuing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2021
  • Article

The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity?

By: Ayse Yemiscigil, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Ashley V. Whillans
Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? Prior research has documented a negative association between retirement and sense of purpose in life, suggesting that retirement could lead people... View Details
Keywords: Aging; Meaning; Socioeconomic Status; Life Experiences; Retirement; Well-being
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By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem By: Marion Chomse, Lydia Roos, Reeva Misra and Ashley Whillans Workplace stress, on the rise for decades, has been treated View Details
  • October 13, 2021
  • Editorial

How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now

By: Daniel Stein, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Ashley Whillans
A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee engagement, or risk losing their workforce. Engaged employees perform better, experience less burnout, and stay in... View Details
Keywords: Employee Retention; Employee Engagement; Employee Relationship Management; Work-Life Balance
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  • 06 Dec 2018
  • News

These apps can help cut the time you squander on your phone

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Faculty & Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Sandra J. Sucher Matthew C. Weinzierl Ashley V. Whillans Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group This group of scholars examines issues of gender and race at schools... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2018
  • News

Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that

  • 30 Apr 2019
  • News

Our smartphone addiction is killing us – can apps that limit screen time offer a lifeline?

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Placement - Doctoral

Ariella Kristal Organizational Behavior, 2022 Placement: Columbia Business School, Post-Doctoral fellow (2022-2024) Dissertation: Essays on Precommitment Advisors: Ashley V. Whillans (Co-Chair), Julian J.... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2016
  • News

Valuing your time over money may be linked to happiness

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PRIMO Alumni Profiles - Doctoral

first-generation student studying psychology and business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She worked with Professor Ashley Whillans in the Negotiation, Organizations,... View Details