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- 07 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
- Working Knowledge
COVID-19 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action
by Ashley Whillans and 28 coauthors
| Assembling a large, diverse team of researchers to make sense of COVID-19’s impact on issues of work and organizational psychology, this project explores changes that are unfolding for practitioners and human resources professionals.
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- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
- Working Knowledge
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
by Dina Gerdeman
| Enjoying life requires time, but too often we willingly give it away in pursuit of money and career. Ashley Whillans shows how to restore the proper balance.
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- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
by Rachel Kim Raczka
| Working late again? Research by Ashley Whillans and colleagues shows how incentive pay encourages workers to think of downtime as wasted time.
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- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
- Working Knowledge
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
by Michael Blanding
| Aggressive downsizing at France Télécom culminated in 19 employee suicides. Case studies by Cynthia Montgomery and Ashley Whillans show how mistreating workers can have deadly consequences.
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- 07 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic
by Kristen Senz
| How will COVID-19 change collaboration? Leslie Perlow and Ashley Whillans explore the tactics that helped and hindered newly remote teams in 2020.
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- 11 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?
by Michael Blanding
| It takes more than grit to succeed in a world rife with systemic inequity. So why don't we tell children that? Research by Ashley Whillans and colleagues shows how honest talk about social barriers could empower kids to break them down.
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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
by Dina Gerdeman
| ...Ashley Whillans and colleagues offer managers solutions to ease the stress many employees are experiencing in the new workplace.
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- 05 Jan 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
- Working Knowledge
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
Re: Ashley V. Whillans
| ...from behavioral science? Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans describes the experience of Chief Executive Michael Sanders’ at the UK’s What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, as he led a research program aimed at improving the morale of social workers in her case, “The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being.”...
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- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
by Dina Gerdeman
| In today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive, warns Ashley Whillans.
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- 08 Mar 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
- Working Knowledge
France Telecom: Corporate Restructuring and Employee Well-Being
Re: Cynthia A. Montgomery & Ashley V. Whillans
| ...to one where the physical and mental wellbeing of some employees became increasingly fragile. Did corporate leaders push employees too far, creating unacceptable levels of stress and unhappiness? Professors Cynthia Montgomery and Ashley Whillans discuss some fundamental tensions between the pressures...
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- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
by Dina Gerdeman
| Depressed employees are up to five times more likely to experience work-related problems than employees with chronic physical illnesses. So why aren't employers helping them? asks Ashley Whillans.
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- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
by Dina Gerdeman
| In an age of time scarcity, buying our way out of the negative moments in the day is an important key to happiness, according to research by Ashley V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, and Rene Bekkers.
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- 14 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
by Carmen Nobel
| Attention business travelers: Reducing on-the-road stress might be as simple as tucking a loved one’s t-shirt into your suitcase, according to new research by Marlise Hofer, Hanne K. Collins, Ashley V. Whillans, and Frances S. Chen.
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- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
Dina Gerdeman
| ...for the best ways to reward employees. In an upcoming Compensation and Benefits Review piece, Ashley V. Whillans and colleagues explore whether cash is truly the best motivator to encourage the most hard-working employees to stick around. Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for...
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- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Dina Gerdeman
| ...anxiety among employees can be costly for the workplace, both in terms of medical costs as well as costs resulting from lost productivity and missed days at work. In a forthcoming article in International Journal of Human Resource Management, Ashley Whillans and colleagues explore whether a...
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- 15 May 2018
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Dina Gerdeman
| ...out, choosing time over money has emotional benefits that can enhance a person’s well-being. Ashley V. Whillans and Alice Lee-Yoon examine the value people place on their time, plus they take a look at the emotional costs of treating the value of time just like money in a paper scheduled to be...
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- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
by Danielle Kost
| by Cynthia Montgomery and Ashley Whillans show how mistreating workers can have deadly consequences. 6. Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner A study of General Electric employees by Tom Nicholas shows how the stress of chasing professional success can shorten an executive's life.
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- 20 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
- Working Knowledge
Steps to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way
by Sean Silverthorne
| money and career. Ashley Whillans shows how to restore the proper balance. Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?Behavioral scientist and professor Francesca Gino explores the unexpected forces that often keep people from following through with their plans, both professional and personal. Hard
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- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
by Dina Gerdeman
| summaries of working papers written by Harvard Business School faculty, along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded research papers of 2020: COVID-19 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action Ashley Whillans was among
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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
| that weigh them down—whether personal or work-related, says Assistant Professor of Business Administration Ashley Whillans. If colleagues try to schedule meetings during that time, say “no,” and turn off alerts so you’re not getting pinged with messages while trying to focus. “Protect that time at all
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