2025

Liu, M. (2025). A tale of two paths: The divergent effects of anger and compassion in face-to-face versus computer-mediated dispute negotiations. International Journal of Conflict Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-05-2024-0113

2025

Liu, M., Buzzanell, P. M., **Li, Y., & Zhou, S. (2025). Navigating (dis)empowerment: Dialectical tensions in the enactment of resilience of college students with eating disorders. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2434070

2024

Liu, M., Zhu, L., & Zhan, M. (2024). Culture’s influence on communication at the negotiation table. In D. A. Cai, L. Putnam, & L. A. Liu (Eds). Handbook of research on communication and negotiation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

2024

**Yang, Z., & Liu, M. (2024). Distance education and parents’ mental health: The role of resilience, parent-child communication and relationships. Health & New Media Research.https://doi.org/10.22720/hnmr.2024.00066

2023

Liu, M., *Chen, M., & Ren, I. Y. (2023). Emotional communication in negotiation and dispute resolution across cultures. In M. B. Hinner (Ed.), No business without communication: How communication can shed additional light on specific business contexts (pp. 545-562). Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang.

2021

Liu, M., & *Zhu, L. (2021). The role of relational goals in explicating dyadic emotional communication processes in dispute resolution: A Cross-cultural investigation. Communication Research, 48(7) 931-1084. DOI: 10.1177/0093650219831595

2020

**Blair, M., & Liu, M. (2020). Ethnically Chinese and culturally American: How Chinese American adoptees navigate their bicultural identities. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 13(4), 347-365. 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2019.1649710

2020

Liu, M., & *Ren, I. Y. (2020). Communication, gender, and negotiation. In M. Olekalns & J. Kennedy (Eds.), Handbook of research on gender and negotiation (pp. 242-259). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

2019

Liu, M. (2019). Communication and well-being in a multicultural society: An introduction to the special issue. China Media Research, 15(3), 1-4.

2019

Liu, M. & Wang, X. (2019). Organizational culture in context: The effect of team-level social support on Chinese bus drivers’ mental health. China Media Research, 15(3), 71-82.

2019

**Shen, R., & Liu, M. (2019). Time-orientation, social media use, and coping style: Cultural similarities and differences in how and why we procrastinate. China Media Research, 15(3), 115-123.

2019

Liu, M., *Zhu, L., & *Cionea, I. (2019). What makes some intercultural negotiations more difficult than others? Power distance and culture-role combinations. Communication Research, 46(4), 555-574. DOI: 10.1177/0093650216631096

2019

Liu, M. (2019). How power distance interacts with culture and status to explain intra- and intercultural negotiation behaviors: A multilevel analysis. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 12, 192-212. DOI: 10.1111/ncmr.12140

2019

Liu, M. (2019). Preface. In Y. Cheng & L. Lu. Interpersonal Communication Studies. Beijing: Communication University of China Press.

2018

Liu, M. (2018). Culture and verbal communication styles. In Song, W. (Ed.) Innovative Talent Cultivation in Universities from the Perspective of Globalization (pp. 246-256). Qingdao, Shandong: China Ocean University Press.

2018

[Reprinted in J. Nussbaum (Ed.). Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. London: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic091]

2018

Buzzanell, P. M., Remke, R. Meisenbach, R., Liu, M., Bowers, V., & Conn, C. (2017). Standpoints of maternity leave: Discourses of temporality and ability. Women’s Studies in Communication, 40, 67-90. DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2015.1113451

2018

[Reprinted In O’Brien Hallstein, L. (Ed). (2018). Mothering rhetorics. New York, NY: Routledge Special Issues as Books (SPIBs) Programme.]

2018

[Reprinted In O’Brien Hallstein, L. (Ed). (2018). Mothering rhetorics. New York, NY: Routledge Special Issues as Books (SPIBs) Programme.]

2017

Liu, M., & *Zhu, L. (2017). Negotiation strategies across cultures. In Y. Y. Kim and K. McKay-Semmler (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication. San Francisco, CA: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0251

2017

Liu, M. (2017). Culture and communication. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.162

2017

*Kim, J., & Liu, M. (2017). Primary data analysis. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. DOI: 10.4135/9781483381411.n456

2016

*Zhu, L., Liu, M., & Fink, E. (2016). Person-culture fit in cultural adaptation as assessed by convergence of mental models. Human Communication Research, 42, 485-501. DOI: 10.1111/hcre.12084

2015

Liu, M. (2015). Bargaining goals and plans. In C. Berger and M. E. Roloff (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. San Francisco, CA: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic091

2015

Liu, M. (2015). Cultural differences in bargaining and negotiation. In C. Berger and M. E. Roloff (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. San Francisco, CA: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic124

2014

Liu, M. (2015). Cultural differences in bargaining and negotiation. In C. Berger and M. E. Roloff (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. San Francisco, CA: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic124

2014

Liu M., & *Chai, S. (2014). Planning and preparing for effective negotiation. In M. Benoliel (Ed.), Negotiation excellence: Successful deal making 2nd edition (pp. 1-22). London, UK: World Scientific.

2013

Liu, M. (2013). A phasic analysis of strategy sequences and their mediating effects on goals and negotiation outcomes. Communication Research, 40, 337-359. DOI: 10.1177/0093650211408595

2012

Liu, M. (2012). Same path, different experience: Culture’s influence on attribution, emotion, and interaction goals in negotiation. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 22, 97-119. DOI: 10.1075/japc.22.1.06liu

2011

[A revision of Liu M., & *Chai, S. (2011). Planning and preparing for effective negotiation. In M. Benoliel (Ed.), Negotiation excellence: Successful deal making (pp. 15-38). London, UK: World Scientific.]

2011

Liu, M. (2011). Cultural differences in goal-directed interaction patterns in negotiation. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 4, 178-199. DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-4716.2011.00079.x

2011

Liu, M., & Wilson, S. R. (2011). The influence of interaction goals on negotiation tactics and outcomes: A dyad-level analysis across two cultures. Communication Research, 38, 248-277. DOI: 10.1177/0093650210362680

2010

Liu, M., & *Wang, C. (2010). Explaining the influence of anger and compassion on negotiators’ interaction goals: An assessment of trust and distrust as two distinct mediators. Communication Research, 37, 443-472. DOI: 10.1177/0093650210362681

2009

Liu, M. (2009). The intrapersonal and interpersonal effects of anger on negotiation performance: A cross-cultural investigation. Human Communication Research, 35, 148-169. DOI: DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.01342.x [Outstanding Scholarly Work Award from the Intercultural Communication Division of the International Communication Association]

2009

Mortenson, S., Burleson, B. R., Feng, B., & Liu., M. (2009). Cultural similarities and differences in seeking social support as a means of coping: A comparison of Americans and Chinese and an evaluation of the mediating effects of self-construal. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2, 208-239. DOI: 10.1080/17513050902985331

2009

Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2008). They allowed: Pentadic mapping of women’s maternity leave discourse as organizational rhetoric. Communication Monographs, 75, 1-24. DOI: 10.1080/03637750801952727

2008

Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2008). They allowed: Pentadic mapping of women’s maternity leave discourse as organizational rhetoric. Communication Monographs, 75, 1-24. DOI: 10.1080/03637750801952727

2008

[Outstanding Published Article Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender]

2008

Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2007). It’s “give and take”: Maternity leave as a conflict management process. Human Relations, 60, 463 -495. DOI: 10.1177/0018726707076688

2007

Buzzanell, P. M., & Liu, M. (2007). It’s “give and take”: Maternity leave as a conflict management process. Human Relations, 60, 463 -495. DOI: 10.1177/0018726707076688

2007

Buzzanell, P. M., Waymer, D., Tagle, M. P., & Liu, M. (2007). Traces of ethnic and socio-cultural backgrounds: Diverse women’s expressions of transitions into working motherhood. Journal of Family Communication, 7, 195-220. DOI: 10.1080/15267430701221644

2006

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 (Vol. 28, pp. 217-242). Newsbury Park, CA: Sage.

2006

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. DOI: 10.1177/0093650205283101

2006

Mortenson, S., Liu, M., Burleson, B. R., & Liu, Y. (2006). A fluency of feeling: Exploring cultural and individual differences (and similarities) related to skilled emotional support. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 37, 366-385. DOI: 10.1177/0022022106288475

2009

[Reprinted in D. A. Cai (Ed.). (2009). Intercultural communication: Sage benchmarks in communication(Vol. 3, pp. 366-385). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.]

2006

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

2005

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. DOI: 10.1080/0090988042000318495

2005

[Outstanding Scholarly Article Award from the NCA Applied Communication Division andOutstanding Published Article Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender]

2005

Buzzanell, P. M., Meisenbach, R., Remke, R., Liu, M., Bowers, V., & Conn, C. (2005). The good working mother: Managerial women’s sensemaking and feelings about work-family issues. Communication Studies, 56, 261-185. DOI: 10.1080/10510970500181389

2005

Liu, M., & Buzzanell, P. M. (2004). Negotiating maternity leave expectations: Perceived tensions between ethics of justice and care. International Journal of Business Communication, 42, 323-349. 10.1177/0021943604268174