Xin Liu

Xin Liu is an associate professor in the organization and human resources department at Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China. She received her PhD from School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University. Her research interests include leadership, creativity, proactivity and ethics. Her work has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, among others.

Education

• 2013.09-2018.07 Ph.D., School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• 2016.09-2017.09 Visiting scholar, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, U.S.
• 2009.09-2013.07 B.A., China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China

Work Experience

• 2021.09-present Associate Professor, Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China
  
• 2018.09-2021.08 Assistant Professor, Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China

Research Interests

Leadership; Creativity; Proactivity; Ethics

Publications

Selected Academic Articles

(Note: † denotes equal contribution, * denotes corresponding author)

1. Liu, X., Zhang, L., Gupta, A., Zheng, X., Wu, C. (2022). Upper echelons and intra-organizational learning: How executive narcissism affects knowledge transfer among business units. Strategic Management Journal, 43(11), 2351-2381.
2. Liu*†, X., Liao†, H., Derfler-Rozin†, R., Zheng†, X., Wee, E., & Qiu, F. (2020). In line and out of the box: How ethical leaders help offset the negative effect of morality on creativity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(12), 1447-1465.
3. Yang, L., Zheng, X., Liu*, X., Lu*, C., Schaubroeck, J. (2020). Abusive supervision, thwarted belongingness, and workplace safety: A group engagement perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(3), 230-244.
4. Li, N., Zheng, X., Harris, T. B., Liu, X., & Kirkman, B. L. (2016). Recognizing “me” benefits “we”: Investigating the positive spillover effects of formal individual recognition in teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(7), 925-939.
5. Venkataramani, V., Bartol, K., Zheng, X., Lu, S., & Liu, X. (2022). Not very competent but connected: Leaders’ use of employee social networks as prisms to make delegation decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(3), 458–480.
6. Lu, S., Bartol, K., Venkataramani, V., Zheng, X., & Liu, X. (2019). Pitching novel ideas to the boss: The interactive effects of employees’ idea enactment and influence tactics on creativity assessment and implementation. Academy of Management Journal, 62(2), 579-606.
7. Liu, X., Lee, B., Kim, Tae-Yeol, Gong, Y., Zheng, X. (in press). Double‑edged effects of creative personality on moral disengagement and unethical behaviors: Dual motivational mechanisms and a situational contingency. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05135-9
8. Liu, X., Zheng, X., Li, N., Yu, Y., Harms, P., & Yang, J. (2022). Both a curse and a blessing? A social cognitive approach to the paradoxical effects of leader narcissism. Human Relations, 75(11), 2011-2038.
9. Zhang, Y., Liu*, X., Xu*, S., Yang, L. & Bednall, T. (2019). Why abusive supervision impacts employee OCB and CWB: A meta-analytic review of competing mediating mechanisms. Journal of Management, 45(6), 2474-2497.
10. Qin†, X., Liu†, X., Brown†, J., Zheng†, X., & Owens†, B. (2021). Humility harmonized? Exploring whether and how leader and employee humility (in)congruence influences employee citizenship and deviance behaviors. Journal of Business Ethics, 170(1), 147-165.
11. Zheng†, X., Qin†, X., Liu†, X., &, Liao†, H. (2019). Will creative employees always make trouble? Investigating the roles of moral identity and moral disengagement. Journal of Business Ethics, 157(3), 653-672.
12. Lee, B. Y., Kim, Tae-Yeol, Gong, Y., Zheng, X., & Liu, X. (2020). Employee well-being attribution and job change intentions: The moderating effect of task idiosyncratic deals. Human Resource Management, 59(4), 327-338.
13. Hu, J., Zheng, X., Tepper, B. J., Li, N., Liu, X., & Yu, J. (2022). The dark side of leader-member exchange: Observers’ reactions when leaders target their teammates for abuse. Human Resource Management, 61(2), 199–213.
14. Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Chen, W., Li, W., & Ni, D. (in press). Bringing contribution-receipt (im)balance to team-member exchange research: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Organizational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2686
15. Liu, X., Zheng, X., Ni, D., & Harms, P. (2022). Employee voice and coworker support: The roles of employee job demands and coworker voice expectation. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(7), 1271-1286.
16. Liu, X., Zheng, X., Yu, Y., Owens, B. P., & Ni, D. (2022). How and when team average individual mindfulness facilitates team mindfulness: The roles of team relational stress and team individual mindfulness diversity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(3), 430-447.
17. Liu, X., Zheng, X., Lee, B. Y., Yu, Y., & Zhang, M. (in press). COVID-19 and employee job performance trajectories: The moderating effect of different sources of status. Journal of Vocational Behavior.
18. Liu, X., Mao, J-Y, Chiang, J. T-J, Guo, L., & Zhang, S. (in press). When and why does voice sustain or stop? The roles of leader behaviours, power differential perception and psychological safety. Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12432
19. Mao, J.-Y., Quan, J., Liu*, X., & Zheng, X. (2022). Too drained to obey! A daily study on how workplace envy fosters employee deviance and the buffering role of ethical leadership. Applied Psychology, 71(4), 1304–1325
20. Liu, X., Mao, J.-Y., Zheng, X., Ni, D., & Harms, P. D. (2022). When and why narcissism leads to taking charge? The roles of coworker narcissism and employee comparative identity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(4), 758-787.
21. Zheng, X., Ni, D., Liu*, X., Zhang, M. (in press). A mixed blessing? State mindfulness change, ego depletion and counterproductive work behaviour. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12419
22. Zheng, X., Zhao, H. H., Liu*, X., & Li, N. (2019). Network reconfiguration: The implications of recognizing top performers in teams. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92(4), 825-847.
23. Zheng†, X., Liu†*, X., Liao†, H., Qin†, X., & Ni, D. (2022). How and when top manager authentic leadership influences team voice: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Business Research, 145, 144-155.
24. Zhang, Y., Liu*, X., Chen, W. (2020). Fight and flight: A contingency model of third parties’ approach-avoidance reactions to peer abusive supervision. Journal of Business and Psychology, 35(6), 767-782.
25. Zhou, Q., Mao, J-Y, Liu*, X., & Ning, X. (2022). The impacts of distinct motives on promotive and prohibitive voice: The differential moderating role of perceived voice level. Journal of Business and Psychology, 37(3), 601–613.
26. Zheng, X., Ni, D., Liu*, X., & Liang, L. H. (in press). Workplace mindfulness: Multidimensional model, scale development and validation. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-022-09814-2
27. Ni, D., Liu*, X., Zheng, X. (2022). How and when does service performance improve positive emotions? An employee-customer social exchange perspective. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 31(3), 367-382.
28. Mao, J.-Y., Mu, X. & Liu*, X. (2021). Discouraging gender-biased job seekers by adapting job advertisements. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 36(2), 170-182.
29. Mao, J-Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, L., & Liu, X. (2019). Consequences of supervisor self-interested behavior: A moderated mediation. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34(3), 126-138.
30. Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Zhang, M., Xu, S., Liu, X., & Newman, A. (2022). Antecedents and outcomes of authentic leadership across culture: A meta-analytic review. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39(4), 1399–1435.
31. Zhang, Y., Zheng, Y., Zhang, L., Xu, S., Liu, X., & Chen, W. (2021). A meta-analytic review of the consequences of servant leadership: The moderating roles of cultural factors. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 38(1), 371–400.
32. Mao, J-Y., Xiao, J., Liu, X., Qing, T., & Xu, H. (in press). Emulating coworkers: How and when coworker ideation facilitates employee ideation. Creativity Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2049533
33. Liu, X., Zhang, Y., & Liu, C. H. (2017). How does leader other-emotion appraisal influence employees? The multilevel dual affective mechanisms. Small Group Research, 48(1), 93-114.
34. Ni, D., Liu*, X., & Zheng, X. M. (2021). How do subordinates react to perceived narcissistic supervision? The roles of perceived interactional justice and need for belonging. Baltic Journal of Management, 16(4), 621-637.
35. Zheng, X. & Liu*, X. (2017). The buffering effect of mindfulness on abusive supervision and creative performance: A social cognitive framework. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1588.
36. Qin, X., Liao, H., Zheng, X., & Liu, X. (2019). Stock market exposure and anxiety in a turbulent market: Evidence from China. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 328.
37. Kirkman, B. L., Li, N., Zheng, X., Harris, T. B., & Liu, X. (2016). Teamwork works best when top performers are rewarded. Harvard Business Review (on-line).
38. Zheng, X. & Liu*, X. (2016). The effect of interactional justice on employee well-being: The mediating role of psychological empowerment and the moderating role of power distance. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 48, 693-709. (in Chinese)
39. Zheng, X., Yu, Y., & Liu, X. (2022). The effect of spouse emotional intelligence on employee work engagement: The mediating role of employee life well-being and the moderating role of gender. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 54(5), 1-19. (in Chinese)
40. Liu, X., Yu, Y., Qin, X., & Zheng, X. (2019). The trickle-down effect of top manager servant leadership on frontline employee service performance: The moderation role of middle manager service orientation. Science of Science and Management of S.&.T., 40(9), 135-151. (in Chinese)
41. Xu, M., Liu*, X., Zheng, X., Ren, N. (2019). The effects of the perception of organizational change meaning on employees’ work outcomes: Work engagement and work burnout as dual mediation mechanisms. Science of Science and Management of S.&.T., 40(5), 134-149. (in Chinese)
42. Ni, D., Zheng, X., Liu*, X., & Zhang, M. (2021). How and when does team mindfulness influence team effectiveness?——Using Company A in the manufacturing industry as an example. Science of Science and Management of S.&.T., 42, 164-186. (in Chinese)
43. Zheng, X., Ni, D., Liu*, X. (2019). The effect of mindfulness on work-to-family enrichment: Evidence from experience sampling methods. Chinese Journal of Management, 16(3), 360-368. (in Chinese)
44. Zheng, X., Yu, Y., Liu, X. (2020). The impacts of high performance work systems on service workers’ emotional labor: A multi-level model. Science of Science and Management of S.&.T., 41(11), 132-145. (in Chinese)
45. Zhou, Q., Liu*, X., & Li, D. (2022). Multi-level influences of organization digital transformation and an open integrated research framework. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 42(3), 10-19. (in Chinese)
46. Liu*, X. & Zhang, M. (2019). Narcissism: A double-edged sword for leaders. Tsinghua Business Review, 68, 73-81. (in Chinese)
47. Liu, X., Li, L., & Zheng, X. (2022). How do companies maintain both creativity and morality? Tsinghua Business Review, 6, 26-33. (in Chinese)

Honors and Awards

• 2023, Excellent Class Teacher of 2022, Renmin University of China
• 2022, Excellent Advisor of Undergraduate Thesis, Renmin University of China
• 2022, Responsible Research in Business and Management Honor Roll, RRBM
• 2021, Model Class Teacher of 2020-2021, Renmin University of China
• 2021, “Distinguished Scholar” Young Scholar (A), Renmin University of China
• 2020, The 8th Outstanding Scientific Research Award of Higher Education (Humanities and Social Sciences), the 2nd award, Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China
• 2018, Outstanding Graduates, Beijing
• 2018, Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University
• 2017, National Scholarship, Tsinghua University
• 2016, National Scholarship, Tsinghua University
• 2014, Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award, Emerald Group Publishing Limited and International Association for Chinese Management Research