Research

Publications

*Jachimowicz, J.M., *Szaszi, B., Lukas, M., Smerdon, D., Prabhu, J., & Weber, E.U. Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty by fraying the community buffer. Nature Human Behaviour. accessible here. Data + Scripts here.

*Jachimowicz, J.M., *Lee, J., Staats, B., Gino, F. & Menges, J.I. Between Home and Work: Commuting as an Opportunity for Role Transitions. in press at Organization Science. Working Paper accessible here.

Media Coverage incl. The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal (again), Time, BBC, BBC (again), BBC (again * 2), Harvard Business Review (by us!), NYMag, NYMag (again), Huffington Post, WirtschaftsWoche, The Globe and Mail, CNBC, strategy+business, Boston.com, Lifehacker, Sodexo, HBS Working Knowledge, Inc., FastCompany

Jachimowicz, J.M., To, C., Agasi, S., Côté, S., & Galinsky, A.D. (2019). 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, 41-62. Data + Scripts here.

Media Coverage: HBS Working Knowledge

*Jachimowicz, J.M., *Gladstone, J.G., Berry, D., Kirkdale, C.L., Thornley, T., & Galinsky. A.D. (2019). Making Medications Stick: Improving Medication Adherence by Highlighting the Personal Health Costs of Non-Compliance. Behavioural Public Policy. Outside paywall here.

Jachimowicz, J.M., Duncan, S., Weber, E.U., & Johnson, E.J. (2019). When and Why Defaults Influence Decisions: A Meta-Analysis of Default Effects. Behavioural Public Policy, 3(2), 159-186. Data + Scripts here.

Jachimowicz, J.M., Wihler, A., Bailey, E., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). Why grit requires perseverance and passion to positively predict performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(40), 9980-9985. Full-Text access here. Data + Scripts here.

Reply to Comments (2019) available here, outside paywall here, Data + Scripts for Reply here, & Supplementary Information for Reply available here.
Media Coverage incl. Press Release, Scientific American, BPS Research Digest, FastCompany

*Jachimowicz, J.M., *Hauser, O.P., O'Brien, J.D., Sherman, E., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). The critical role of second-order normative beliefs in predicting energy conservation. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(10), 757-764. Full-Text access here. Data + Scripts here. "Behind The Paper" Blog here.

Media Coverage incl. Press Release, Pacific Standard, Ars Technica, Slate, Harvard Business Review (by us!)
Ranked #17 worldwide by the Financial Times on Business School Social Impact

Jachimowicz, J.M., Chafik, S., Munrat, S., Prabhu, J., & Weber, E.U. (2017). Community trust reduces myopic decisions of low-income individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(21), 5401-5406. Community Trust scale accessible here (English version) and here (Bengali version). Data + Scripts here.

PNAS Commentary by Martha J. Farah & Cayce J. Hook: Trust and the poverty trap.
Media Coverage incl. Quartz, Harvard Business Review, Columbia Business School Ideas at Work, Princeton University Press Release, Cambridge JBS Press Release, The Hunger Project Press Release

Manuscripts in revision and under review

Landis, B., Jachimowicz, J.M., & Wang, D. A Dynamic Network Perspective on Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: Enduring Winners or Fading Stars? Revise and Resubmit at Academy of Management Journal.

*Gladstone, J.J., *Jachimowicz, J.M., *Greenberg, A.E., & Galinsky, A.D. Financial Shame Spirals: How Shame Intensifies Financial Hardship. Revise and Resubmit at OBHDP.

Jachimowicz, J.M., Frey, E., Matz, S.C., Jeronimus, B.F., & Galinsky, A.D. The Sharp Spikes of Poverty: Financial Scarcity is Linked to Higher Distress Intensity. Working Paper accessible here. Data + Scripts here.

Bailey, E.R., Jachimowicz, J.M., Galinsky, A.D. Why Doesn’t Passion Consistently Predict Performance? Because Passion Increases Overconfidence. Working Paper accessible here. Data + Scripts here.

Tan, J., Jachimowicz, J.M., Smerdon, D., & Hauser, O.P. Opposing Effects of Economic Inequality Concentrated at the Top or Bottom of the Income Distribution on Subjective Well-Being. Working Paper accessible here.

Fetzer, T., Witte, M., Hensel, L., Jachimowicz, J.M., Haushofer, J., Ivchenko, A., … Yoeli, E. Global Behaviors and Perceptions at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Working Paper accessible here. Data + Scripts here.

Davidai, S., Day, M. V., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Hauser, O. P., Jachimowicz, J.M., Mirza, M. U., … Tepper, S. J. (2020, April 27). COVID-19 Provides a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society. accessible here.

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