Leigh Anne Liu
Assistant Professor
Institute of International Business
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Room: 1445, RCB Building
Phone: 404-413-7288
E-Mail: laliu@gsu.edu
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
M.A., Western Kentucky University
LL.B., Foreign Affairs College
SPECIALIZATIONS:
International Business
Cross-Cultural Negotiations and Conflict
Comparative Organizational Behavior
Global Leadership
Professor Liu’s research centers on individual and group behavior in cross-cultural settings. She studies culture, cross-cultural cognition, negotiation and conflict resolution, and global leadership. Her research activities have involved investigating individual difference in negotiation, international conflict management, diversity and justice, global leadership mental models, global virtual teams, and shared mental models in international negotiation and emotional influence. Dr. Liu currently teaches Global Business, a foundation course of the Global Partners MBA (GPMBA) program and International Business Negotiation.

PUBLICATIONS:
  • Danis, W., Liu, L.A. & Vacek, J. Values and upward influence strategies in transition: Evidence from the Czech Republic. Forthcoming at Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
  • Liu, L.A. & Dale, C. (2009). Using mental models to study cross-cultural interactions. In C. Nakata (ed.) Beyond Hofstede: Culture Frameworks for Global Marketing and Management. Hampshire, England: Macmillan’s Palgrave.
  • Simons, T., Friedman, R.A., Liu, L.A., & McLean Parks, J. (2007). Racial differences in sensitivity to behavioral integrity: Attitudinal consequences, in-group effects, and "trickle down" among Black and Non-Black Employees. Journal of Applied Psychology,92(3),650-665.
  • Friedman, R.A., Chi, S-c., & Liu, L.A. (2006). An expectancy model of Chinese American differences in conflict avoiding. Journal of International Business Studies,37(1),76-91.
  • Liu, L.A., Friedman, R.A., & Chi, S-c. (2005). "Ren Qing" versus the "Big 5": The need for culturally sensitive measures of individual difference in negotiation. Management and Organization Review,1(2), 225-247.