PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS, OP-EDS, CHAPTERS, POLICY PAPERS

2019

Valuing Time Over Money Predicts Happiness After a Major Life Transition: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Study of Graduating Students
  • Science Advances
Alleviating Time Poverty Among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment
  • Nature Human Behavior
Can Online Tools Helps Employees Build Resilience?
  • Harvard Business Review
Why We Don't Ask for More Time on Deadlines (But Probably Should)
  • Harvard Business Review
Time Use and Happiness in Millionaires: Evidence from the Netherlands
  • In press: Social Psychological and Personality Science
The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World
  • In press: Compensation & Benefits Review
Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money isn't Bringing You Joy - and What Will
  • Harvard Business Review
Employee Well-being, Productivity, and Firm Performance: Evidence and Case Studies; (Appendix)
  • Global Happiness Policy Report​
Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive Mood Benefits of Prosocial Spending
  • Emotion
An Intervention to Improve Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and Presenteeism
  • International Journal of Human Resource Management
Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence
  • World Happiness Report

2018

Agentic Appeals Increase Charitable Giving in an Affluent Sample of Donors
  • PLoS ONE
​Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for Attracting and Retaining Employees
  • Compensation & Benefits Review
​​Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated With Greater Social Connection
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Making Seconds Count: When Valuing Time Promotes Subjective Well-Being
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
Overcoming Barriers to Time-Saving: Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers To Buy Time
  • Social Influence
Long-Term Health Implications of Students’ Friendship Formation during the Transition to University
  • ​Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
​​Olfactory Cues From Romantic Partners and Strangers Influence Women’s Responses to Stress
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
​​Facebook undermines the social belonging of first year students
  • Personality and Individual Differences​
​​A Program to Improve Student Engagement at Research-Focused Universities
  • Teaching of Psychology
Work and Workplace
  • Chapter 9 in Behavioral Insights for Public Policy: Concept and Cases
​Work and Well-Being: A Global Perspective
  • Chapter 5 in Global Happiness Policy Report
Time, Money, and Subjective Well-Being
  • Handbook of Well-Being
Trading Cents for Seconds: The Development of a Short Scale to Examine How People Make Trade-Offs Between Time and Money
  • ​SAGE Research Methods Cases
Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that
  • The Conversation
From Ph.D. to Policy: Facilitating Connections Between Junior Scholars and Policymakers 
  • Behavioral Scientist
The Scientifically Proven Best Ways to Spend Time if You Want to Be Happy
  • Quartz at Work
​​Why You Need a Chief Behavioral Officer
  • ​Observer​

​2017 

​From Misperception to Social Connection: Correlates and Consequences of Overestimating Others' Social Connectedness
  • ​Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
​Buying Time Promotes Happiness
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
​Both Selfishness and Selflessness Start with the Self: How Wealth Shapes Responses to Charitable Appeals
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
To Promote Happiness, Choose Time Over Money
  • Behavioral Scientist
​Keeping Score of 'Friends' of Facebook and Instagram May Be Harmful to Your Health
  • ​The Conversation
​How to Get the Wealthy to Donate
  • New York Times
​If You Want to Feel Better, Spend Money on Saving Time
  • Wall Street Journal
​Want to Be Happier? Buy Yourself More Free Time
  • Los Angeles Times

​2016

​Seeing Wealth as a Responsibility Improves Attitudes Towards Taxation
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
​Is Spending Money on Others Good for Your Heart?
  • Health Psychology 
Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness
  • Social Psychological & Personality Science
Does Volunteering Improve Well-Being?
  • Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology
A Brief Introduction to the Science of Fundraising
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education

​2015 (AND EARLIER)

​Finding the Middle Ground: Curvilinear Associations Between Positive Affect Variability and Daily Cortisol Profiles
  • Emotion
​Thinking About Time as Money Decreases Environmental Behavior
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Making a Difference Matters: Impact Unlocks the Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Give, If You Know What's Good for You
  • New York Times​

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

Communicating Resource Scarcity
  • Additional Data Collection
The Well-Being Benefits of Spending Time and Money
  • Invited Submission
Good Credit and the Good Life: Credit Scores Predict Subjective Well-Being
  • Additional Data Collection
​​Who Is More Useful? The Impact of Performance Incentives on Work and Personal Relationships
  • Under Review
​​Income Inequality in Childhood and Adolescence Predicts Financial Contingency of Self-Worth and Well-Being in Adulthood
  • Under Review
Financial Contingency of Self-Worth Undermines Social Belonging
  • Additional Data Collection
Focusing on Money Undermines Romantic Relationship Satisfaction.
  • Additional Data Collection
​Alleviating Time Poverty among the Working Poor: A Pre-Registered Longitudinal Field Experiment
  • Invited Revision
Harnessing Parental Motivations to Increase Charitable Giving
  • Additional Data Collection
Identifiable Service Provider Effect: When Guilt Undermines Consumer Willingness To Buy Time
  • Under Review
 Time-Saving Purchases Promote Relationship Satisfaction
  • Additional Data Collection​
Translating Time to Cash: Monetizing Non-salary Benefits Can Shift Employment Preferences
  • Under Review
​It Doesn't Hurt to Ask (for More Time): Employees Overestimate the Interpersonal Costs of Extension Requests
  • Under Review

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