Sophie Leroy

Professor

Dean, School of Business

Sophie Leroy

Professor

Dean, School of Business

Dr. Sophie Leroy is a Professor of Management and Dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington Bothell. She received her Ph.D. from NYU, Stern School of Business. Prior to joining UW Bothell, she was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.

Dr. Leroy is an accomplished and internationally recognized scholar, having published her research in the top scientific journals in her field. She was the recipient of 2024 University-wide Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award, from the University of Washington Bothell and was on many prestigious editorial boards (i.e. Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, etc.).

In her research, Dr. Leroy studies the effects of interruptions on the ability to have focused attention and reach high performance at work. Her results help understand how to manage task transitions and interruptions to enhance focus and performance, how to manage distractions, and more generally, how to regulate attention. She also studies how people manage and allocate time among their responsibilities and how people differ in their preference for synchrony with others.

She developed and coined the term Attention Residue. Attention residue reflects situations in which people find it hard to focus fully on the task at hand and instead find their attention shifting to other, unrelated tasks. Dr. Leroy’s research explores when and why attention residue occurs, how it affects performance, and how to prevent it when the effects are detrimental. She has appeared in many news outlets Click here to learn more about attention residue and click here to view her media appearances.

Dr. Leroy teaches courses in Leadership, Managing High Performance Teams, Managing Globally, Ethical Decision Making.

Since joining UW Bothell in 2014, Dr. Leroy received 8 teaching awards spanning from six times recipient of the MBA Faculty of the Year Award (often across both cohorts), the Undergraduate Program Teaching Award, and the Executive Education Distinguished Professor of the Year Award.

Education

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY/STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2001 – 2007
Ph.D. in Management/Organizational Behavior

Dissertation: Being present but not fully there: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of switching work tasks on subsequent task engagement and performance. Committee: Sally Blount (Chair), Lee Sproull, Batia Wiesenfeld, and Peter Gollwitzer.

HEC SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (Paris, France) 1997-1998
Master’s degree in Management (MBA equivalent)
– Fall 1997 Selected to Exchange Scholar at COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, MBA PROGRAM

BBA with concentrations in Management and International Business 1993-1996

Courses

University of Washington Bothell – School of Business

  • Advanced Leadership – MBA part-time program.

Core course.

  • Leadership, team process and decision making – MBA (BBUS 501) part-time program

Core Condensed Course.

  • Global Business & Study Tour in France – MBA part-time program
  • Leadership and Social Responsibility – MBA part-time program.

Core condensed course.

  • Leading and Managing High Impact Teams – Master in Nursing

Core Course.

  • Managing Employees – Undergraduate program.

Core Course for mgmt. major.

  • Organizational Behavior – Undergraduate program

Core Course.

  • Managing Work Teams – Undergraduate program.

Elective course.

Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota

  • D. Seminar. Special Topic – Self-regulation.
  • Management and Organizational Behavior – MBA part-time program.

Core course introduced in Spring 2010

  • Management and Organizational Behavior – MBA full time program.

Core course introduced in Spring 2010

  • Managing People and Organizations – MBA part-time program.

Elective course.

  • Managerial Psychology – Undergraduate program.

Elective course.

  • Working in Teams. MBA Program Orientation – 2? day session. Teaching rating not collected.

Stern School of Business – New York University

  • Management & Organizational Analysis– Undergraduate program

Core management class.

  • Negotiation and Consensus Building – Undergraduate program

Teaching Assistant – Fall 2006

Research and Scholarship Interests

Self-regulation of attention, ethical behaviors, and temporal behaviors. Interruptions and Task performance. Leadership. Artificial Intelligence in Business.

Academic Appointments

University of Washington Bothell School of Business

Management and Organizations – Full Professor, 2023 to Present

Management and Organizations – Associate Professor, 2018 to 2023

Management and Organizations – Assistant Professor, 2014 to 2018

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Adjunct Professor, 2023 to 2026

Adjunct Associate Professor, 2018 to 2023

University of Minnesota/Carlson School of Management

Department of Work and Organizations – Assistant Professor, 2007 to 2014

Administrative Appointment and Key Leadership Positions

University of Washington Bothell School of Business

Dean, 2025 to present

Associate Dean of Administration, 2023 to 2025

Area Coordinator, Management and Organizations, 2018 to 2023

Elected Faculty Council Chair, 2019, 2022-2023

Elected representative Executive Council (GFO), 2021-2023

Professional Experience

Interbrand (New York, NY), 1999-2001
Director – Brand Consulting and
Corporate Identity

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (New York, NY), 1998-1999
Associate – Shareholder Value Management and Financial Analysis Services

Societe Generale – Socgen (Paris, France / New York, NY), 1996-1998
Analyst/Sr. Analyst – US Equity Research and Mergers and Acquisitions Departments

Publications

Manchester, C., Leroy, S., Dahm, P., Glomb, T. (2023). Amplifying the gender gap in academia: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Covid-19 pandemic and differences in career success by gender. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society.

 

Leroy, S., Schmidt, M.A., Madjar,N. (2021). Working from home during 足彩app哪个是正规的: A study of the interruption landscape. Journal of Applied Psychology. 106 (10), 1448–1465. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000972

Leroy, S., Schmidt, M.A., Madjar,N. (2020) Interruptions and task transitions: Understanding their characteristics, processes, and consequences. Academy of Management Annals.14(2), 661-694. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2017.0146

???????? Finalist for the Best Paper of the Year (one in five), 2021 Publication Award, Academy of Management Annals.

Leroy, S.? and Glomb, T.M. (2018) Task Interrupted: Anticipating time pressure upon return leads to attention residue and performance decrements on interrupting tasks, but a “Ready-to-Resume” plan mitigate those effects. Organization Science. 29(3), 380-397. doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2017.1184

 

Leroy, S. and Schmidt, A. (2016). 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of regulatory focus on attention residue following interruptions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 137, 218-235. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.07.006

 

Leroy, S., Shipp, A., Blount, S., Licht, J.G. (2015). Why some people go with the flow and some don’t: Identification and measurement of the synchrony preference. Personnel Psychology. 68(4), 759-809. doi:10.1111/peps.12093

 

Dahm, P., Glomb, T., Manchester, C., and Leroy, S., (2015).Work-Family Conflict, Ego Depletion, and Self-Discrepant Time Allocation at Work. Journal of Applied Psychology. 100(3), 767-792. doi:10.1037/a0038542

 

Leroy, S. (2009) Why is it so hard to do my work? 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks.? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 109(2), 168-181. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.04.002

Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, MOC division.

Blount, S. and Leroy, S. (2007). Individual temporality in the workplace: How individuals perceive and value time at work. Research in the Sociology of Work (Vol. 17) – Work Place Temporalities, 147-177.

 

Book Chapters

 

Blount, S., Waller, M., and Leroy, S. (2005). Coping with temporal uncertainty: When rigid, ambitious deadlines don’t make sense. In Starbuck, W. and Farjoun, M. (Eds.). Organization at the Limit (pp. 122-139). Blackwell publishing. Oxford, UK.

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PractiTioner Oriented Publications

Leroy, S. and Glomb, T. (2020). Managing constant interruptions. Harvard Business Review.

 

Blount, S. and Leroy, S. Management is all in the timing. (2016) Strategy + Business –Issue 85.

UNDER REVIEW/INVITED RESUBMISSION (?current PhD student)

?Lee, J., Guarna, C., Leroy, S.,? Interrupted but creative: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effects of non-work interruptions on creativity when working from home. Invited to Revise and Resubmit at Personnel Psychology.

Shipp, A., Leroy, S., Litt, D.M., Time, Attention, and Performance Enhancing Drugs. Invited to Revise and Resubmit at Personnel Psychology.

 

WORKING PAPERS

 

Leroy, S., Dahm, P., Glomb, T., Manchester, C., Schmidt, A.M. Interrupted again: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effects of chronic

interruptions on time allocation, goal revision, and performance.

Zao,E., Hays, N., Leroy, S., Litch, J.G. Keeping up appearances: Status and the propensity to engage in unethical behavior.

Shah, P. P., Leroy, S., Jones, S., Wang, Y. Synchrony preference in teams: 足彩app哪个是正规的 benefits of having team members who go with the flow.

Leroy, S., Shah, P.P., Jones, S., Wang, Y. When synchrony preference leads to network centrality by taking on leadership roles.

Licht, J.G., Leroy, S., Schmidt, A.M. Self-serving sins versus in-group indiscretions: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of self- construal on ethical behavior.

ACCEPTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMent proCEEDINGS (peer Reviewed)

?Masters-Wage,T.C., ?Loo, C, ?Peters, E., Reb, J.M., Leroy, S. (2021) Zen and the Art of interruptions: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Role of Mindfulness in buffering against interruptions. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference.

Leroy, S. and Schmidt, A.M., Madjar, N. (2019). Interrupted Work: An Integrated Review of Task Transitions and Future Directions. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference.

Leroy, S. and Schmidt, A.M. (2016). Interruptions and Regulatory Focus: Effects on attention residue and task performance. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference.

?Licht, J-G., Leroy, S., Vohs, K.E. (2014). Self-serving sins versus in-group indiscretions: How self- construal predicts unethical behavior. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference.

Leroy, S., Shipp, A.J., Blount, S. (2013) Socio-temporal adaptability: Why some people with the flow and some don’t. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference.

Leroy, S. (2011). Being present but not fully there: 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of anticipated time pressure in the context of interruptions. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference – San Antonio, TX.

Leroy, S. (2008). Why is it so hard to do my work? 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks. Paper accepted in the Proceedings of at the Academy of Management Conference – Anaheim.

Radio/TV Interviews, Podcasts, Invited Panelist:

https://moc.aom.org/seminars/workinterrupted

https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/new-day-northwest/stay-on-task-with-a-plan-for-productivity/281-517827538

  • Radio interview: CBC/Radio-Canada, February 25, 2018

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1169033283645/

  • Radio interview: KOMO News, Seattle, February 22, 2018

http://komonews.com/news/newsradio/a-simple-way-to-deal-with-lifes-constant-interruptions

  • TV interview: Kare11, Minneapolis, March 2, 2016

http://www.kare11.com/entertainment/television/programs/breaking-the-news/multitasking-may-be-doing-a-number-on-our-brains/65046124

  • Research Interview/Podcast– Digital Mindfulness UK

http://digitalmindfulness.net/60-attention-deficit-sophie-leroy/

Media Program Mentions:

  • NPR- Hidden Brain: July 24, 2017 – you 2.0: Deep Work

Example of recent press articles for which I was interviewed:

https://magazine.washington.edu/theres-no-such-thing-as-multitasking-according-to-business-expert-sophie-leroy/

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 Daily:

https://www.dailyuw.com/article/does-multitasking-make-students-more-productive-20260128

  • UWB News

/business/news/2024/05/21/an-ongoing-study-on-the-success-of-staying-focused-sophie-leroy

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/style/punctuality-is-having-a-moment.html

  • Dropbox (2021; 2022)

https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/what-experts-are-predicting-about-work-in-2022

https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/the-magic-of-my-analog-notebook-in-a-world-of-virtual-work

  • Secure Futures (UK)

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/secure-futures-magazine/collaboration-tool-intrusion-focus/40195/

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 Office Group. Doing Deep Work.

https://www.theofficegroup.com/stories/future-of-work/doing-deep-work

  • UW Bothell

/news/february-2021/pandemic-interruptions-multitasking

  • HRM (足彩app哪个是正规的 news site of the Australian HR Institute). (2020) How to combat attention residue.

https://www.hrmonline.com.au/section/strategic-hr/how-to-combat-attention-residue/

  • LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/a-life-hack-to-enjoy-downtime-4048625/

  • BBC, January 31, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200130-the-life-hack-to-reduce-admin-and-carve-out-downtime

  • Thrive Global, April 5, 2019

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/prioritization-mindfulness-time-attention-management-productivity/

  • Chief Learning Office, March 2, 2018

https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2018/03/02/conquering-attention-residue/

  • GEO Germany print version, 2018

Examples (list not comprehensive) of popular books for which I was directly interviewed by the author

  • Deep Work, Cal Newport
  • A World Without Email, Cal Newport
  • Intentionally Well, Jerry Frentsos

Selected Press Articles and other press mentions (among others):

http://blogs.deloitte.co.uk/mondaybriefing/2017/03/in-praise-of-prosaic-innovation.html

  • NYTimes, March 2019:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/smarter-living/stop-letting-modern-distractions-steal-your-attention.html

  • HBR

https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-spend-way-less-time-on-email-every-day

  • Seattle Times, May 11, 2018

https://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/multitasking-the-science-of-the-interrupted-brain-explained/

  • NBC News, February 21, 2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/better-way-deal-those-constant-interruptions-ncna849736

  • Time Magazine, June 14, 2017

http://time.com/4817946/brain-games-distraction-attention/

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 New York Observer, April 6, 2017

http://observer.com/2017/04/multitasking-is-ruining-your-life-productivity-personal-development/

  • World Economic Forum

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/is-the-internet-too-distracting

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 BBC News, February 19, 2016:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160218-why-multi-tasking-might-not-be-such-a-bad-idea

  • Harvard business review, February 18, 2016:

https://hbr.org/2016/02/a-modest-proposal-eliminate-email

  • Business Insider, February 6, 2016:

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-keep-your-computer-from-destroying-your-productivity-2016-2

  • Psychology Today, February 6, 2016:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intrinsic-motivation-and-magical-unicorns/201602/is-how-you-can-finally-get-something-done

  • Business Insider: February 4, 2016:

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-its-so-hard-to-get-your-work-done-and-how-to-fix-it-2016-1

  • Huffpost Business/HuffingtonPost, February 1, 2016:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nir-eyal/how-to-clear-your-compute_b_9116698.html

  • TIME Magazine, January 29, 2016

http://time.com/4199863/computer-clean-up/?xid=homepage

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 Sidney Morning Herald. January 27, 2016

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/attention-residue-why-focusing-on-multiple-tasks-can-kill-your-work-performance-20160127-gmet34.html

  • 足彩app哪个是正规的 Economist, January 23, 2016:

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21688872-fashion-making-employees-collaborate-has-gone-too-far-collaboration-curse

  • TIME Magazine, January 21, 2016

http://time.com/4166333/focus-is-the-new-iq/?xid=homepage

  • New York Magazine, January 21, 2016

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/01/attention-residue-is-ruining-your-concentration.html

  • Business Insider, November 27. 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-to-stay-focused-2015-11#/#meditate-1

  • World Economic Forum, November 10, 2015:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/11/15-ways-to-stay-focused-all-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+world-economic-forum-blog+%28Forum%3ABlog%29

  • Strategy+Business September 17, 2009

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/re00088?gko=a9efd

  • Research Digest, July, 29, 2009

http://digest.bps.org.uk/2009/07/surprising-benefits-of-time-pressure-at.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+BpsResearchDigest+(BPS+Research+Digest)

Commentary Interviews

  • By the Seattle Times “Amazon increased paid leave for new parents” – Nov. 2, 2015
  • By the Star Tribune, 2010-2014

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

2025?????????????? MBA faculty of the Year Teaching Award

 

2024?????????????? MBA faculty of the Year Teaching Award

 

Recipient of University-wide Distinguished?Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2023?????????????? MBA faculty of the Year Teaching Award

 

2022?????????????? Distinguished Professor of the Year Award, Executive Education, Mini-MBA Program

Senior Faculty Excellence Award

 

Nominated for the University-wide Distinguished?Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

Finalist for the MBA faculty of the Year teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2021?????????????? Finalist for Best Paper of the Year (One in Five) – 2021 Academy of Management Annals Publication Award

 

Senior Faculty Excellence Award

 

Nominated for the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award,

University of Washington Bothell

 

Finalist for the MBA faculty of the Year teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

SRCP Seed Grant Award ($22,983) – UW Bothell competitive seed grant program

 

2020?????????????? MBA faculty of the Year teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

Nominated for University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

Senior Faculty Excellence Award

 

2019?????????????? MBA faculty of the Year Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2018?????????????? MBA Faculty of the Year Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2017?????????????? Undergraduate Program Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

Finalist MBA Faculty of the Year Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2016?????????????? MBA Faculty of the Year Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

Finalist for Undergraduate Program Teaching Award, University of Washington Bothell

 

2014 ????????????? Finalist for the Best 足彩app哪个是正规的-led Paper Award (one of four) – Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management. (paper co-authored with Ph.D. student J-G. Licht).

 

2011 ????????????? Finalist for the Best Paper Award (one of four) – Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management.

2008-2012?????? Awarded Dean’s Small Research Grant –received five times. University of Minnesota?2008?????????????? Winner of the Best Paper Award – Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management.??????????????????????? One of six finalists for the Academy of Management Newman Award granted to the best paper based on a dissertation. Nominated by the Managerial and Organizational Cognition division.

2006?????????????? One of five nominees for Best 足彩app哪个是正规的 Paper Award – Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management 2006 meetings

2005?????????????? Recipient of Nadler Fellowship and other competitively-awarded research ????????? funding,??????????? NYU/Stern School of Business

2005 ????????????? Teaching Excellence Award, NYU/Stern School of Business

Editorial Board Membership

Organization Science- 2021 to 2023

Journal of Business and Psychology – 2016 to 2026

Academy of Management Journal – 2016-2019

Editorial Board Membership

  • Organization Science- 2021 to 2023
  • Journal of Business and Psychology – 2016 to 2026
  • Academy of Management Journal – 2016-2019

Editorial Role for the Academy of Management Conference

  • Editor, Managerial and Organizational Cognitive Division, 2020, 2021

Ad Hoc Reviewing

  • NSF – Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS)
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Management Science
  • Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management

Elected Position within Professional Organization

Elected Representative at Large (3-year term, 2020 to 2023), Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management

Executive Team, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management

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Award Committees

  • Best Symposium Award Committee, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division,
    • 2020, 2021, 2022

Academic Professional Development Workshop Organizer

  • Cognition in the Rough, PDW Organizer, Academy of Management Conference, 2022
  • Cognition in the Rough, PDW Organizer, Academy of Management Conference, 2021
  • Discussant/Facilitator, Doctoral OB (Organizational Behavior) Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2021
  • Discussant/Facilitator, Doctoral OB (Organizational Behavior) Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2020

Service to the University of Washington

  • Area Coordinator – Management and Organizations (2018 to 2023)
  • Dean’s Search Committee (2022-202)
  • Chair, Graduate Council (2019-2020; 2021-2022)
  • Chair, Elected Faculty Council (2019; 2022-2023)
  • Chair, Leadership Minor Committee (2018-2019)
  • Chair, Tenure Committee (2022-2023)- Assistant Professor
  • Chair, Tenure Committee (2021)- Assistant Professor #2
  • Chair, Tenure Committee (2021) – Assistant Professor #1
  • Chair, 3rd Year Review of Assistant Professor (2019; 2023)
  • Chair, Assistant Professor Hiring Committee – Faculty Search (2019-2020)
  • Chair, Lecturer in OB committee – Faculty Search (2018-2019)
  • Elected Member, Faculty Council (Fall 2019 to present)
  • Elected Member, Executive Committee (EC) of the Graduate Faculty Organization (GFO), UW Bothell (2021 to present)
  • Member, UW Bothell Faculty Research Advisory Council
  • Member, Assistant Professor Search committee (two faculty positions)– School of Nursing and Health Studies, UWB- 2021-2022
  • Member, Graduate Council Committee (2015 to 2019)
  • UW New Assistant Professor Panel (2018)
  • Community Engagement Council (2016)
  • Honors and Ceremonies committee (2015 to 2017)
  • Seminar Series committee (2014 -2015)
  • MBA admission committee (2014 -2015)
  • School vision and values committee (2015)
  • Presentation at the 3rd Accounting Ethics Conference (2015)
  • Presentation 25th Anniversary Celebrations (2015)

Doctoral 足彩app哪个是正规的 and Doctoral Dissertation Advising

  • Dissertation co-chair for John-Gabriel Litch, 2015
  • Dissertation Committee Member for Tao Yang, 2015
  • Dissertation Committee Member for David Yoon, 2013
  • Dissertation Committee Member for James Beck (Psychology Department), 2012
  • Dissertation Committee Member for John Bechara, 2009

Honors 足彩app哪个是正规的sis and Graduate Independent Studies

  • Co-directed (with Prof. Sally Blount) undergraduate honors thesis for Beth Welinsky, 2005-2006
  • Independent Study with MBA student Tara Albaugh – Spring 2014
  • Independent Study with MBA student Serena Williams – Spring 2016
  • Independent Study with MBA student Helen Bello – Spring 2017
  • Independent Study with MBA student Erin Kroll – Spring 2017
  • Independent Study with two MBA students – Spring 2018
  • Independent Study with 13 MBA students – Spring 2019
  • Independent Study with 2 MBA students – Spring 2020
  • Independent Study with 1 MBA student – Winter 2022
  • Independent Study with 1 MBA student – Spring 2022

Service to the University of Minnesota

  • Coordinator for the Management and Organizational Behavior course (2010 to 2014)
  • MFAC- MBA Core Faculty Committee
  • Preliminary Exam committee member (2011 to 2014)
  • PhD Program committee member (2011 to 2014)
  • Faculty panelist at the Women’s Leadership Conference (2011)
  • Faculty panelist at the Women’s Leadership Conference (2010)
  • Andersen Chair Recruiting Committee (2008-2009; 2009-2010)
  • Organizer of the Speaker Series (2007-2008), (2008-2009)
  • Working in Teams – MBA workshop coordinator (2009)

Professional Affiliations

  • Academy of Management
  • American Psychological Association
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Seminar and Invited Presenations

Leroy, S. (2022). Keeping up appearances: Status and the propensity to engage in unethical behavior. University of Washington Bothell, School of Business.

Leroy, S. (2021). Interrupted again: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effects of chronic interruptions on performance. University of Washington Bothell, School of Business.

Leroy, S. (2020). Regulating Attention when interrupted: Attention Residue and Performance Costs. University of Washington, Psychology Department.

Leroy, S. (2017). Self-serving sins versus in-group indiscretions: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of self-construal on ethical behavior. Research Seminar. University of Washington Bothell, School of Business.

Leroy, S. (2016). Interruptions: Exploring the impact on attention and performance. (Campus Wide Research Talk) – Research in Progress Series. University of Washington Bothell.

Leroy, S. (2015). 足彩app哪个是正规的 Effect of regulatory focus on attention residue and performance during interruptions. Research Seminar. University of Washington Bothell, School of Business.

Leroy, S. (2015). Understanding organizational effectiveness through the 足彩app哪个是正规的 of human behavior. (Campus Research Presentation, 25th Anniversary of UW Bothell). University of Washington Bothell.

Leroy, S. (2013). Task Interrupted: Effects on attention residue and performance on interrupted tasks. University of Washington Bothell, School of Business.

Leroy, S. (2011). When the mind resists being interrupted: When interruptions lead to attention residue. Work and Organizations Department. Carlson School of Management. University of Minnesota.

Leroy, S. (2010). Transitions and their effects on attention and task performance. Invited speaker at the Wharton OB Conference – November 2010.

Leroy, S. (2010). Being present but not fully there: the challenge of anticipated time pressure in the context of interruption. Strategic Management and Organizations Department. Carlson School of Management. University of Minnesota.

Leroy, S. (2009). Attention residue and transitions at work. Marketing Department. Carlson School of Management. University of Minnesota.

Leroy, S. (2008). Why is it so hard to do my work? 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks. Psychology Department. University of Minnesota.

Peer Reviewed Conference Presenations

Schmidt. A., Leroy, S., Dahm, P., Urs, L. (2022) Work or Family? 足彩app哪个是正规的 Role of Decision-Making Logics in Resolving In-the-Moment Work-Family Conflict. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference.

?Masters-Wage,T.C., ?Loo, C, ?Peters, E., Reb, J.M., Leroy, S. (2021) Zen and the Art of interruptions: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Role of Mindfulness in buffering against interruptions. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference.

Manchester, C., Leroy, S., Dahm, P., Glomb, T. (2021) Widening the gap? Career success, gender and 足彩app哪个是正规的 in Academia. Paper accepted at the Western Economic Association International.

Fleming, B., Gomulya, D., Leroy, S. (2020). Insecurity and Inaccessibility: Board and CEO Characteristics Effects on Female CFO Appointment in US IPOs. Paper accepted at the Strategic Management Society Conference.

Leroy, S., Schmidt, A. and Madjar, N. (2019). Interruptions: what do we know and where do we go from here? Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference, Boston, MA.

Beaver, G., Barnes, T., Leroy, S. (2018). Ironic Evaluation and the Effects of Stereotype Suppression on Selection. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, Il.

Fleming, B., Gomulya, D., Leroy, S. (2018). Intergenerational and Status Effects on Female Top Management Team Promotions at IPO’s: 足彩app哪个是正规的 case of CFOs. Paper accepted at the Strategic Management Society Conference.

Leroy, S., Shah, P.P., Jones, S., ? Wang, Y. (2017). Leadership in teams: When synchrony preference becomes an asset. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Shah, P. P., Leroy, S., Jones, S., ? Wang, Y. (2017) Synchrony preference in teams: 足彩app哪个是正规的 benefits of having team members who go with the flow. Paper accepted at the INGroup Conference. St Louis, MO

Leroy, S. and Schmidt, A.M. (2016). Regulatory focus: Effects on attention residue and performance in the context of interruptions. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Leroy, S. (2016). Synchrony Preference and Social Interactions: A social perspective about time. Paper accepted at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

?Licht, J-G., Leroy, S., Duffy, M.K. (2015). Supervisor bottom-line mentality: Swaying both self-concern and other-orientation toward unethical behavior. Symposium submission accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Vancouver, BC.

Leroy (2014). Temporal Distance: Abstract versus Concrete Level Thoughts. Symposium submission accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Philadelphia, PA.

Licht, J-G., Leroy, S., Vohs, K.E. (2014). Self-serving sins versus in-group indiscretions: How self- construal predicts unethical behavior. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Philadelphia, PA.

Leroy, S. and Licht, J.B. Cognitive load and ethical behavior: A moderated relationship. (2014) Paper accepted at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Licht, J.G., Leroy, S., & Vohs, K. D. V. (2013). Unethical behavior for self or collective benefit: 足彩app哪个是正规的 role of self-construal. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.

Leroy, S., Shipp, A., and Blount, S. (2013) Why some people go with the flow and some don’t: Identification and measurement of the synchrony preference. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Orlando, FL.

Leroy, S. (2012). Being Mindful about Mindfulness. Symposium submission accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Boston, MA.

Schmidt, A. M. and Leroy, S. (2012). 足彩app哪个是正规的 effects of regulatory focus on attention residue following interruptions. Symposium submission accepted at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Leroy, S. (2011). Being present but not fully there: 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of anticipated time pressure in the context of interruptions. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – San Antonio, TX.

Leroy, S. (2010). Attention and anticipated time pressure at work. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Montreal, Canada.

Leroy, S. and Blount, S. (2010). 足彩app哪个是正规的 role of time in interdependence: Identification and measurement of the synchrony preference. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Montreal, Canada.

Leroy, S. (2008). Why is it so hard to do my work? 足彩app哪个是正规的 challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Anaheim.
Leroy, S. and Blount, S. (2008). Some people seek synchrony. Some people don’t. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Anaheim.

Leroy, S. (2007). Could time pressure be helpful? 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of time pressure when switching between work tasks. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Philadelphia.

Leroy, S., and Blount, S. (2007). Some people like clocks; some people don’t. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference- Philadelphia.

Leroy, S. (2006). Why is it so hard to concentrate on my work? 足彩app哪个是正规的 importance of task closure when switching work tasks. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Atlanta.

Blount, S. and Leroy, S. (2005). 足彩app哪个是正规的 role of time in interdependence: Development of the temporal adaptability scale. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Honolulu.

Blount, S. and Leroy, S. (2005). Managerial decision making and temporal coordination under temporal uncertainty. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference, – Honolulu.

Blount, S., Waller, M. and Leroy, S. (2005). Coping with temporal uncertainty: When rigid, ambitious deadlines don’t make sense. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Honolulu.

Leroy, S. (2005). Being present but not fully there: 足彩app哪个是正规的 effect of switching work tasks on subsequent task engagement and performance. Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference – London Business School.

Leroy, S. and Sproull, L. (2004). When team work means working on multiple teams: Examining the impact of multiple team memberships. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – New Orleans.

Bartel, C., Wiesenfeld, B. and Leroy, S. (2002). Social identity in evolving, boundary-less, and pluralistic organizations. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Conference – Denver.

Academic Conference Professional Development Workshops

Cognition in the Rough, Discussant and Reviewer, Academy of Management Conference, 2023

Cognition in the Rough, PDW Organizer, Academy of Management Conference, 2022

Cognition in the Rough, PDW Organizer, Academy of Management Conference, 2021

Discussant/Facilitator, Doctoral OB (Organizational Behavior) Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2021

Discussant/Facilitator, Doctoral OB (Organizational Behavior) Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, 2020

Invited Speaking Engagement and Practitioner

Focused Presentations

Leroy (2026): Panelist on the Future of the Workforce in the time of AI. Avanade/Microsoft conference.

Leroy (2022): Multitasking isn’t a thing: Understanding Attention Residue and its Impact on the Bottom Line. National Association for Law Placement – Canada, Winter Conference.

Leroy (2019): Interruptions: Effects on your attention and performance. WACUBO conference. Vancouver, BC. Invited Speaker.

Leroy (2018). Managing your attention at work by managing interruptions. Foster School of Business, MBA program. Invited Speaker.

Leroy (2018). Interruptions at work: Exploring their impacts and how to regain control over your attention. Invited speaker at SAP-Concur

Leroy (2018). Interruptions: Unpacking their effects on attention and performance. Invited guest speaker and working session moderator at University of Washington Bothell, Administration & Planning.

Leroy (2017). Ethical behavior and ethical decision making: What comes in the way and how to build ethical organizational cultures? University of Washington Bothell, 5th Accounting Ethics Conference.

Leroy (2015). Ethics and the challenge of moral disengagement. University of Washington Bothell, 3rd Accounting Ethics Conference.

Dr. Leroy’s Words About Her Research on Attention Residue

I am passionate about the study of attention.

What allows us to have focused attention and what makes it so hard to do so in today’s world of interruptions, distractions, decentralized decision making and information overload?

 

What is Attention Residue?

“I’ve spent the last 17 years studying the brain and how we deal with having to constantly switch focus. What research shows is that, generally, the brain finds it difficult to switch between tasks. In particular, my research reveals that, as we switch between tasks (for example from a Task A to a Task B), part of our attention often stays with the prior task (Task A) instead of fully transferring to the next one (Task B). This is what I call Attention Residue, when part of our attention is focused on another task instead of being fully devoted to the current task that needs to be performed.”

 

When am I more at risk of experiencing attention residue?

“Attention residue easily occurs when we leave tasks unfinished, when we get interrupted, or when we anticipate that once we have a chance to get to the unfinished or pending work we will have to rush to get it done. Our brain finds it hard to let go of these tasks, and instead keeps them active in the back of our mind, even when are trying to focus on and perform other tasks.”

 

What does it mean for you?

“Going back to the analogy of a Task A and a Task B, when you experience attention residue and keep thinking about Task A while working on Task B, it means you have fewer cognitive resources available to perform Task B. 足彩app哪个是正规的 impact? Your performance on Task B is likely to suffer, especially if Task B is cognitively demanding.”