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Meina Liu (Ph.D., Purdue University, 2006), Assistant Professor, specializes in organizational communication, intercultural communication, and the role of emotion in conflict management and negotiation. Her current research investigates (a) the message production processes whereby emotions, such as anger and compassion, influence negotiation performance, (b) how negotiators from different national cultures differ in these processes, and (c) how the interdependence of dyadic data contributes to our understanding of negotiation processes. She has also engaged in collaborative research examining culture's effects on supportive communication processes, particularly the provision and reception of emotional support, which has recently appeared in Communication Research and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In addition, she has co-authored work concerning gendered practices in the workplace through critical analyses of maternity leave discourses, which appeared as lead articles in the Journal of Business Communication and the Journal of Applied Communication Research, in addition to other outlets such as Communication Studies, and a recent book chapter in Problematic relationships in the workplace (Fritz & Omdahl, Eds.).
Selected Publications:
Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2004). Negotiating maternity leave expectations: Perceived tensions between ethics of justice and care. Journal of Business Communication, 42,323-349.
Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2005). Struggling with maternity leave policies and practices: A poststructuralist feminist analysis of gendered organizing. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 33, 1-25.
Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). When workplace pregnancy highlights difference: Openings for detrimental gender and supervisory relations. In J. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 47-67). New York: Peter Lang.
Burleson, B. R., Liu, M., Liu, Y., & Mortenson, S. (2006). Chinese Evaluations of Emotional Support Skills, Goals, and Behaviors: An Assessment of Gender-related Similarities and Differences. Communication Research, 33, 38-63.
Lucas, K., Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2006). No limits careers: A critical examination of career discourse in the U.S. and China. In M. P. Orbe, B. J. Allen, & L. A. Flores (Eds.) International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 28 (pp.217-242). Newsbury Park, CA: Sage.
Mortenson, S., Liu, M., Burleson, B. R., & Liu, Y. (2006). Exploring cultural and individual differences (and similarities) related to skilled emotional support. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 37, 366-385.
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