Dr. N. Sharon Hill is a Professor of Management at the George Washington University School of Business. As a leading scholar on virtual work (e.g., virtual teams, telecommuting, and hybrid work), she studies the positive and negative impact of working virtually to understand how to achieve successful virtual work outcomes for individuals and teams. She is particularly interested in how leaders at different organizational levels can facilitate collaboration, foster employee well-being, and promote women’s career equality in virtual settings. She also conducts research on teamwork and organizational change.
Her research has been published in leading journals, such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Annals, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly, and, MIT Sloan Management Review. She also serves on the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology and Organization Science. Dr. Hill teaches courses in managing human capital, leading change, leading teams, and leading the virtual/hybrid workforce. She also consults with business and government organizations to improve their effectiveness in these areas. Before her academic career, Dr. Hill worked for multinational companies in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and the United States. Her global, cross-functional business experience includes roles in engineering, information technology, six sigma quality improvement, organizational change, and corporate training and development.