Prof LIU Meina

Interim Head and Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University
(852) 3411-8141
meinaliu@hkbu.edu.hk
CVA Room 804

A major strand of Professor Liu’s research is concerned with cultural variations in the process through which emotions influence negotiators’ social cognition, interaction patterns, and negotiation outcomes in various deal-making and dispute resolution contexts via different communication channels. Professor Liu’s research also explores communication processes that facilitate or impede health and wellbeing at individual, family, and organisational levels. Dr. Liu’s work has appeared both in the communication field’s premier journals, such as Human Communication Research, Communication Research, Communication Monographs, and key specialty journals, such as Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. She received numerous Top Paper Awards and Best Article Awards from the National Communication Association, the International Communication Association, and Organisation for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She was a past President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies and the former Chair of the Department of Organizational Sciences and Communication at the George Washington University. She serves on several Editorial Boards, including Journal of Applied Communication ResearchJournal of International and Intercultural Communication, and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research and was a special issue editor for China Media Research.

Research interests 

Intercultural Communication
Organisational Communication
Emotion and Wellbeing
Negotiation and Conflict Management

Publications 

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

* Master’s and doctoral student collaborators
** undergraduate student collaborators

Awards/Grants/Honors  

2022

2022 Top Faculty Paper Award. Peace and Conflict Communication Division, National Communication Association.

2022

2022 Howard County Executive Office. Transform Howard Innovation Grant. Stories That Connect Us and Save Lives: A Multicultural, Cross-Generational Storytelling Film Institute to Promote Racial Equity and Mental Health. Principal Investigator. $50,000

2021

2021 University Facilitating Fund. George Washington University. Culture, Communication, and Mental Health: Dismantling Stigma for Asian American Immigrant Families. Principal Investigator. $15,602.

2021

2021 Ruther Rice Research Fellowship Faculty Mentor, George Washington University. “Family Communication, Resilience, and Eating Disorders in the time of COVID-19 Among College Students” $6,000