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

Leadership; Creativity; Proactivity; Ethics

Selected Academic Articles

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

1. 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, 1447-1465.

2.  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, 230-244.

3.  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, 925-939.

4.  Venkataramani,   V., Bartol, K., Zheng, X., Lu, S., & Liu,  X. (in press). Not very competent but connected: Leaders’use of employee social networks as prisms to make delegation decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology.

5.  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,   579-606.

6.  Liu, X., Zheng, X., Li, N., Yu,   Y., Harms, P., & Yang, J. (in press). Both a curse and a blessing? A   social cognitive approach to the paradoxical effects of leader narcissism. Human Relations.

7.  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, 2474-2497.

8.  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, 147-165.

9.   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, 825-847.

10.  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, 653-672.

11.  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,   327-338.

12.  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, 767-782.

13.  Zhou,   Q., Mao, J-Y, Liu*, X.,   & Ning, X. (in press). The impacts of distinct motives on promotive and   prohibitive voice: The differential moderating role of perceived voice level.   Journal of Business and Psychology.

14.  Mao,   J.-Y., Mu, X. and & Liu*, X. (2021),   Discouraging gender-biased job seekers by adapting job advertisements. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 36,   170-182.

15.  Mao,   J-Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, L., & Liu,  X. (2019). Consequences of supervisor self-interested behavior: A  moderated mediation. Journal of  Managerial Psychology, 34, 126-138.

16.  Zhang,   Y., Guo, Y., Zhang, M., Xu, S., Liu, X., & Newman, A. (in press). Antecedents and outcomes of authentic   leadership across culture: A meta-analytic review. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

17.  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, 371–400.

18.  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, 93-114.

19.  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.

20.  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, 621-637.

21.  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.

22.  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).

23.  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)

24. 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)

25.  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)

26.  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(6), 164-186. (in Chinese)

27.  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, 360-368. (in Chinese)

28.  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)

29.  Liu*, X. &   Zhang, M. (2019). Narcissism: A double-edged sword for leaders. Tsinghua Business Review, 68, 73-81.   (in Chinese)