N. Sharon Hill

Dr. N. Sharon Hill is a professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business.

She is a leading scholar on research examining virtual work, which involves work interactions using electronic rather than face-to-face communication between employees who are not in person. Her research aims to understand the positive and negative implications of virtual work arrangements such as virtual teams, remote work, and hybrid work, including factors that influence their effectiveness. A dominant theme in her research is the role of leadership at different levels in fostering successful work outcomes in virtual settings. Dr. Hill also conducts research on teamwork and organizational change. She serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science and Personnel Psychology.

Dr. Hill has published her research in leading academic journals, including 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, Information & Management, and Organizational Research Methods, among others. She has translated her research into articles for Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, and her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, FastCompany, WTOP News, among other media outlets.

Dr. Hill’s extensive teaching experience includes on-campus and online courses for undergraduate, M.B.A., Ph.D. and executive education audiences. Her classes focus around three primary areas: leading the virtual/hybrid workforce, leading teams, and leading change. She provides consulting services to business and government organizations to improve their effectiveness in these areas and is a certified team coach, change coach, and cultural intelligence facilitator.

Before her academic career, Dr. Hill worked for multinational companies in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and the United States, including extensive experience leading global virtual teams. Her cross-functional business experience encompasses roles in information technology, six sigma quality improvement, organizational change, and corporate training and development.  

Dr. Hill received her Ph.D. in Business and Management from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also holds an M.B.A. in International Business and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering with German. Dr. Hill is a member of the academic honor societies of Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Kappa Phi.