N. Sharon Hill

- Title:
- Associate Professor of Management
- Office:
- Management
- Address:
- Funger Hall
2201 G Street NW
Suite 315-F
Washington, DC 20052 - Phone:
- 202-994-1314
- Email:
- [email protected]
Dr. N. Sharon Hill is an associate professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business. Her research focuses on organizational change, teamwork, and virtual work (e.g., virtual teams, telecommuting, mobile work) where the use of technology replaces traditional face-to-face interaction. Her articles have appeared in such leading outlets as Academy of Management Annals, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, and Organizational Research Methods. Dr. Hill is on the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology and Organization Science.
Dr. Hill teaches courses in organizational behavior, human resource management, leading change, leading teams, virtual teamwork, and leading the virtual workforce. Her teaching in these areas includes courses at the undergraduate, M.B.A., Ph.D., and executive education levels. She also delivers training workshops to organizations.
Dr. Hill previously worked for multinational companies in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and the United States. Her global, cross-functional business experience includes roles in information technology, six sigma quality improvement, organizational change, as well as 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.
- Virtual and Hybrid Work Arrangements
- Organizational Change
- Teams
- Ph.D., Organizational Behavior/Human Resources, University of Maryland, College Park
- M.B.A., International Business
- B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering with German
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Leading Teams
- Leading Change
- Leading the Virtual/Hybrid Workforce
- Virtual Teamwork
- Doctoral Seminar in Work Group and Teams
- Hill, N. S., Aguinis, H., Drewry, J. M., Patnaik, S., & Griffin, J. (in press). Using macro archival databases to expand theory in micro research. Journal of Management Studies.
- Brown, S. G., Hill, N. S., & Lorinkova, N. M. (2021). Leadership and virtual team performance: A meta-analytic investigation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(5), 672-685.
- Aguinis, H., Hill, N. S., & Bailey, J. R. (2021). Best practices in data collection and preparation: Recommendations for reviewers, editors, and authors. Organizational Research Methods, 24(4), 678-693.
- Hill, N. S., & Zhang, H., Zhang, X., & Ziwei, Y. (2020). The impact of surface and deep acting on employee creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 32(3), 287-298.
- Raghuram, S., Hill, N. S., Maruping, L. M., & Gibbs, J. L. (2019). Virtual work: Bridging research clusters. Academy of Management Annals, 13(1), 1-34.
- Hill, N. S., Offermann, L. R., & Thomas, K. (2019). Mitigating the detrimental impact of maximum negative affect on team cohesion and performance through face-to-face communication. Group and Organization Management, 44(1), 211-238.
- Hill, N. S., & Bartol, K. M. (2019). Five ways to improve communication in virtual teams. MIT Sloan Management Review, 60 (2), 19-22.
- Bell, B. S., McAlpine, K. L., & Hill, N. S., (forthcoming) Leading from a distance: Advancements in virtual leadership research. In R. N. Landers (Ed.) Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior. Cambridge University
- Hill, N. S., & Bartol, K. M. (2016). Empowering leadership and effective collaboration in geographically dispersed teams. Personnel Psychology, 69(1), 159-198.
- Hill, N. S., Kang, J., & Seo, M. (2014). The interactive effect of leader-member exchange and electronic communication on employee psychological empowerment and work outcomes. Leadership Quarterly, 25, 772-783.
- Hill, N. S., Seo, M., Kang, J., & Taylor, M. S. (2012). “Building employee commitment to change across organizational levels: The influence of hierarchical distance and direct managers’ transformational leadership,” Organizational Science, 23(3), 758-777.
- Seo, M., Taylor, M. S., Hill, N. S., Zhang, X. M., Tesluk, P. E., & Lorinkova, N. (2012). “The role of affect and leadership during radical organizational change,” Personnel Psychology, 65(1), 121-165.
- Hill, N. S. & Wouters, K. (2010). “Comparing apples and oranges: Toward a typology for assessing e-learning effectiveness” in J. Martocchio (Ed.), Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Vol. 29. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Hill, N. S., Bartol, K. M., Tesluk, P. E., & Langa, G. A. (2009). “Organizational context and face-to-face interaction: Influences on the development of trust and cooperation in computer-mediated groups,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 108 (2), 187-201.
- Seo, M., & Hill, N. S. (2005). “Understanding the human side of merger and acquisition: An integrative framework,” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 41(4), 422-443.
- Hill, N. S. (2005). “Leading together, working together: The role of team shared leadership in building collaborative capital in virtual teams” in M. Beyerlein, S. Beyerlein, & F. Kennedy (Eds.), Collaborative Capital: Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams (Vol. 11, pp. 183-209). New York: Elsevier JAI.
- The communication choice. Communication Director
- The best virtual behaviors. BizEd: AACSB International
- Five ways to improve communication in virtual teams. MIT Sloan Management Review
- 2022 needs to be the year virtual leadership gets better. Here are 5 ways to make it happen. FastCompany