Hengchen Dai

Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Olin Buseiness School, Washington University 

 

 

Hengchen Dai is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. Her main stream of research applies insights from behavioural economics and psychology to motivate people to behave in line with their long-term best-interests both inside and outside of the workplace (e.g., avoiding counterproductive behaviours, saving for retirement, maintaining a healthy lifestyle).

 

Using field experiments, archival data, and lab experiments, she examines how organizations can enhance employee motivation in the workplace and encourage employees to make future-oriented choices. In addition, she has explored how different social forces affect judgments and behaviour. Her work has been featured by media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker. She obtained her PhD in 2015 from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania.