Hengchen Dai

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

110 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481

United States

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Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior

Dai, H., Milkman, K.L., & Riis, J. (2014). The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior. Management Science, 60(10), 2563-2582.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2019
Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman and Jason Riis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Citation 13

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goals, motivation, temporal landmarks, mental accounting

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A Mega-Study of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor’s Appointment

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3780267, Columbia Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 05 May 2021
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Pennsylvania, Geisinger Health System, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Yale School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Geisinger Health System, University of Toronto - Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Northwestern University, University of Toronto, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business, Clarkson University–Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bioethics ProgramGeisinger Health System, Center for Translational Bioethics and Health Care Policy, Columbia University, Harvard Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Geisinger Health System, University of Toronto - Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman (BEAR), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Arizona, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at West O'ahu, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology
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Citation 23

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vaccination, COVID-19, nudge, influenza, field experiment

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The Long-term and Spillover Effects of Price Promotions on Retailing Platforms: Evidence from a Large Randomized Experiment on Alibaba

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2020
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group and Alibaba Group
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Citation 28

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dynamic pricing, price promotions, platform operations, retail operations, field experiment, empirical OM

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The Impacts of Algorithmic Work Assignment on Fairness Perceptions and Productivity: Evidence from Field Experiments

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Alibaba Group
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Behavioral Operations, Field Experiment, Productivity, Fairness, Artificial Intelligence

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People Rely Less on Consumer Reviews for Experiential than Material Purchases

Dai, H., Chan, C., & Mogilner, C. (2020). People rely less on consumer reviews for experiential purchases than for material purchases. Journal of Consumer Research. 46(6), 1052-1075.
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 10 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2020
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton SchoolUniversity of Toronto - Marketing and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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experiential purchases, material purchases, consumer reviews, objective quality

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Dueling with Desire: A Synthesis of Past Research on Want/Should Conflict

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2014
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Want/Should Conflict, Self-Regulation, Public Policy

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The Impact of Social Nudges on User-Generated Content for Social Network Platforms

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 05 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Tsinghua University - Department of Industrial Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Supply Chain Management Department - W.P.Carey School of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR)
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Content Production, Platform Operations, Social Network, Field Experiment, Information-Based Intervention

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The Value of Pop-up Stores on Retailing Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Alibaba

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 01 May 2019
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group and Alibaba Group
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platform operations, randomized field experiment, pop-up stores, internet of things

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The Choice Overload Effect in Online Retailing Platforms

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business, Imperial College London - Imperial College Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group, Alibaba Group and Alibaba Group
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choice overload, retail operations, field experiment, platform operations, search cost

10.

Behavioral Nudges Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations

Dai, H., Saccardo, S., Han, M.A., Roh L., Raja, N., Vangala, S., Modi, H., Pandya, S., Sloyan, M., Croymans, D.M. (2021) Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03843-2
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 05 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2021
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System
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vaccination, COVID-19, nudges, RCT, psychological ownership, information intervention

11.

Quitting When the Going Gets Tough: A Downside of High Performance Expectations

Dai, H., Dietvorst, B., Tuckfield, B., Milkman, K.L., & Schweitzer, M.E. Quitting when the going is tough: The downside of high performance expectations. Academy of Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Independent, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department
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Performance Expectations, Persistence, Quitting, Impression Management, Embarrassment

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The Value of Customer-Related Information on Service Platforms: Evidence From a Large Field Experiment

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2022
Tsinghua University - Department of Industrial Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR)
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Platform Operations, Service Operations, Operational Transparency, Field Experiment

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Put Your Imperfections Behind You: Temporal Landmarks Spur Goal Initiation When They Signal New Beginnings

Dai, H., Milkman, K.L., & Riis, J. (2015). Put Your Imperfections Behind You: Temporal Landmarks Spur Goal Pursuit When They Signal New Beginnings. Psychological Science, 26(12), 1927-1936.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2019
Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman and Jason Riis
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Citation 6

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temporal landmarks; multiple selves; temporal self-appraisal; motivation; goals

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A Double-Edged Sword: How and Why Resetting Performance Metrics Affects Motivation and Performance

Dai, H. (2018). A double-edged sword: How resetting performance metrics affects future performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 148, 12-29. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.06.002
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2019
Hengchen Dai
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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Citation 1

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Performance Resets, Fresh Starts, Mental Accounting, Motivation, Self-Efficacy

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Is Transparency Enough? The Effect of Historical Pay Information on Negotiations

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 24 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2023
Xiaoyang Long, Hengchen Dai and Dennis Zhang
University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Reference Points, Transparency, Negotiation, Pay Inequality, Online Labor Platform

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Assessing Nudge Scalability

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 20 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2023
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Division of General Internal Medicine and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System
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Nudge, Scalability, Reproducibility, Randomized controlled trials

The Impact of Time at Work and Time off from Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare

Dai, H., Milkman, K.L., Hofmann, D.A., & Staats, B.R. (2015). The Impact of Time at Work and Time Off From Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(3), 846-862.
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2019
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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workplace compliance, job demands, fatigue, work recovery, job design

The Impact of Time at Work and Time Off from Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare

The Wharton School Research Paper No. 56, Dai, H., Milkman, K.L., Hofmann, D.A., & Staats, B.R. (2015). The Impact of Time at Work and Time Off From Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(3), 846-862.
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Apr 2014
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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The Impact of Time at Work and Time Off from Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare

The Wharton School Research Paper No. 56
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2019
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Prosocial Goal Pursuit in Crowdfunding: Evidence from Kickstarter.com

Journal of Marketing Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2020
Hengchen Dai and Dennis Zhang
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Citation 9

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Goal, Prosocial Motivation, Decision Making, Crowdfunding

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Anticipated Temporal Landmarks Undermine Motivation for Continued Goal Pursuit

Koo, M., Dai, H., Mai, K.M., & Song, C.E. Anticipated temporal landmarks undermine motivation for continued goal pursuit. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. (four authors contributed equally) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Sungkyunkwan University, SKK Graduate School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, National University of Singapore and University of Florida - Department of Marketing
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temporal landmark, goal pursuit, current self, future self, optimistic belief, responsibility shift

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Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings

Beshears, J., Dai, H., Milkman, K.L., & Benartzi, S. (2021). Using fresh starts to nudge increased retirement savings. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 167, 72-87.
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Aug 2021
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and UCLA Anderson
Downloads 194 (258,814)
Citation 2

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choice architecture, nudge, randomized field experiment, fresh start, savings

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When Impact Appeals Backfire: Evidence from a Multinational Field Experiment and the Lab

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, UCLA Anderson, InMoment, InMoment, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Maritz Holdings Inc.
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customer feedback, empowerment, inauthenticity, trust, social influence, field experiment

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When peer comparison information harms physician well-being

Reiff, J. S., Zhang, J., Gallus, J., Dai, H., Pedley, N., Vangala, S., Leuchter, R., Goshgarian, G., Fox, C. R., Han, M., & Croymans, D. (2022). When peer comparison information harms physician well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (29).
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System, Central Michigan University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA Health System
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peer comparison, well-being, healthcare, field experiment

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Behavioral Intervention to Promote Vaccination

Galizzi, M. (2022). Behavioural Economics and Policy for Pandemics. Cambridge University Press.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Jul 2022
Ilana Brody, Silvia Saccardo and Hengchen Dai
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
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vaccination, heterogeneity, behavioral science

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Motivating Process Compliance through Individual Electronic Monitoring: An Empirical Examination of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare

Management Science, Vol. 63(5), p. 1563 – 1585, May 2017
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 May 2017 Last Revised: 01 May 2019
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Citation 21

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Process Compliance, Hand Washing, Electronic Monitoring, Empirical Operations

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The Effect of Interactive Reminders on Medication Adherence: A Randomized Trial

Dai, H., Mao, D., Volpp, K., Pearce, H.E, Relish, M.J., Lawnicki, V.F., & Milkman, K.L. (2017). The Effect of Interactive Reminders on Medication Adherence: A Randomized Trial. Preventive Medicine, 103, 98-102.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2019
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Humana Inc., Humana Inc., Humana Inc. and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Reminder Systems, Communication, Behavioral; Medication Adherence, Health Promotion