Publications:

BOOKS:

Jian, G. & Fairhurst, G.(Eds.) (Forthcoming). The Routledge Handbook of Organizational Leadership Communication. Routledge.

Jian, G., & Ray, G. (Eds.) (2016). Relationships and Communication in East Asian Cultures: China, Japan, and South Korea. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES:

Jian, G.(in press). Supervisor-employee communication. In V. Miller & M. S. Poole (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research. DeGruyter.

Fairhurst, G., Endres, C., & Jian, G. (in press). Leadership communication. In V. Miller, & M.S. Poole,(Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research. DeGruyter.

Jian, G. (2022). From empathic leader to empathic leadership practice: An extension to relational leadership theory. Human Relations, 75(5), 931-955 DOI: 10.1177/0018726721998450

Qian, Y., & Jian, G. (2020). Ethical leadership and organizational cynicism: The mediating role of leader-member exchange and organizational identification. Corporate Communication: An International Journal, 25(2), 207-226.

Jian, G., & Fairhurst, G. (2019). Leadership. In J. McDonald & R. Mitra (Eds.), Organizational communication theory and practice: Current trends and future directions. New York: Routledge.

Valenzuela, M. A., Jian, G., & Jolly, P. (2019). When more is better: The relationships between perceived deep level similarity, perceived workplace ethnic diversity, and immigrants' quality of co-worker relationships. Employee Relations: The International Journal 42(2), 507-524.

Jian, G. (2019). Transforming the present moment through conversation and narrative: Toward a  hermeneutic leadership theory. Communication Theory, 29, 86-106. doi 10.1093/ct/qty016

Jian, G., & Dalisay, F. (2018). Talk matters at work: The effects of leader member conversational quality and communication frequency on work role stressors. International Journal of Business Communication, 55(4), 483-500. doi:10.1177/2329488415594157

Jian, G. & Liu, T. (2018). Journalist Social Media Practice in China: A Review and Synthesis. Journalism, 19(9-10), 1452-1470.  

Amer, S. & Jian, G. (2018). It is a man's world: A qualitative study on females in the military. The Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 74, 48-74.

Jian, G., & Fairhurst, G. (2017). Leadership in organizations. In C. Scott & L. Lewis, International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Johnson, T. L., & Jian, G. (2017). Understanding identity development across the life-cycle in an emerging faith-based organization: A case analysis. Southern Communication Journal, 82(3), 185-197, doi: 10.1080/1041794X.2017.1315449

Jian, G. & Dalisay, F. (2017). Conversation at work: The effects of leader member conversational quality. Communication Research, 44(2), 177-197. doi:10.1177/0093650214565924

Jian, G. (2016). Relationships and Communication in East Asian Cultures: An introduction. In G. Jian & G. Ray (Eds.), Relationships and Communication In East Asian Cultures: China, Japan, and South Korea (pp. 1-18). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.

Jian, G. (2015). Leader-member exchange theory. In C. Berger & M. Roloff, International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Jian, G., Shi, X., & Dalisay, F. (2014). Leader-member conversational quality: Scale development and validation through three studies. Management Communication Quarterly, 28(3), 376-404. doi.10.1177/0893318914533201

Abu Bakar, H. B., Jian, G., & Fairhurst, G. (2014). Where do I stand? The interaction of leader-member exchange and performance ratings.  Asian Business Management, 13(2), 143-170. doi: 10.1057/abm.2014.3

Jian, G. (2014). Revisiting the association between LMX quality with perceived role stressors: Evidence of inverted-U relationship among immigrant employees. Communication Research, 41, 52-73.  

Jian, G. (2014). Quality of life in organizations. In A. C. Michalos, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research (pp. 4531-4533). Dordrecht, Netherland: Springer.

Jeffres, L., Lee, J., Jian, G., Yoon, S., & Atkin, D. J. (2014). Ethnic and age differences reduce political discussion. Newspaper Research Journal, 35(4), 52-65.

Jian, G. (2013). Informal communication and grapevine. In E. Kessler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Jian, G. (2013) Understanding the wired workplace: The effects of job characteristics on employees' personal online communication at work.   Communication Research Reports, 30(1), 22-33.

Jeffres, W., Jian, G., Neuendorf, K., Bracken, C. (2013). Stimulating citizens to community action in urban areas: media, interpersonal networks, and organization. Journal of Community Informatics, 9.

Jeffres, W. L.,  Jian, G., &, Yoon, S. (2013). Conceptualizing communication capital for a changing environment. Communication Quarterly, 61(5), 539-563.

Jeffres, W., Neurendorf, K., Jian, G., Kim, J., & Cooper, K. (2013). Auditing communication systems to help urban policy makers. Urban Communication Reader Vol. 3.

Jian, G. (2012) Does culture matter? The effects of acculturation on workplace relationships. Management Communication Quarterly, 26, 295-321.

Jian, G. (2011). Articulating circumstance, identity, and practice: Toward a discursive framework of organizational changing. Organization, 18(1), 45-64.

Jeffres, L., Jian, G., Lee, J., Connally, C., & ElSeikali, J. (2011). Viewing the public sphere with influentials and citizens. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 12, 71-78.

Hardy, M., & Jian, G. (2010). Materialize guanxi: Exploring the communicative practice of Liao Tian in Chinese business settings. In T. Kuhn (ed.), Matters of Communication/Matters of Engagement (pp. 167-197). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Johnson, T. Rudd, J., Neuendorf, K., & Jian, G. (2010). Worship styles, music and social identity: A communication study. Journal of Religion and Communication, 33(1), 144-174.

Jeffres, L.W., Jian, G., Horowitz, E., Bracken, C., Atkin, D., & Yoon, S. (in press).  Stages of live: Values, communication and civic engagement.  American Journal of Media Sociology.

Maguire, K., Gardner, J., Sopory, P., Roach, M., Jian, G., Moreno, M., Amschlinger, J., Pettey, G., & Piccone, G. (2010). Formative research regarding kidney disease health information in a Latino American sample: Associations among threat, efficacy, frame, and behavioral intent. Communication Education, 59(3), 344-359.

Jeffres, W. L., Jian, G., & Atkin, D. (2009). Voicing complaints in the public arena. Ohio Communication Journal, 47, 97-112.

Jeffres, W. L.,  Bracken, C., & Jian, G., Casey, M. (2009) The impact of third places on community quality of life. Applied Research in Quality of Life,4(4), 333-345.

Schmisseur, A., Jian, G., & Fairhurst, G. (2009). Business discourse and the field of organizational communication. In F. Bargiela-Chiappini, The Handbook of Business Discourse (pp. 256-269). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Jeffres, W. L., Lee, J., & Jian, G. (2009). Modeling neighborhood attachment influence. In G. Burd, S. Drucker, G. Gumpert (eds.), Urban Communication Reader II (pp. 103-134). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Jian, G. (2008). Identity and technology: Organizational control of knowledge-intensive work. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 9(1), 62-71.

Jian, G., Schmisseur, A., & Fairhurst, G. (2008). Organizational discourse and communication: The progeny of Proteus. Discourse and Communication, 2(3), 299-320.

Jian, G., Schmisseur, A., & Fairhurst, G. (2008). The debate about organizational discourse and communication: A rejoinder. Discourse and Communication 2(3), 353-355.

Jian, G., & Jeffres, L. (2008). Spanning the boundaries of work: Workplace participation, internal political efficacy, and political involvement. Communication Studies, 59(1), 35-50.

Jian, G. (2007)  "Omega is a four-letter word": Toward a tension-centered model of resistance to information and communication technologies.  Communication Monographs, 74(4), 517-540.

Jian, G. (2007). Unpacking unintended consequences in planned organizational changes: A process model. Management Communication Quarterly, 21(1), 5-28

Jian, G., Pettey, G., Rudd, J., & Lawson, D. (2007) Masculinity/femininity and compliance-gaining tactics in business negotiation: A cross-cultural comparison.   Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, 36, 93-110.

Jian, G. & Jeffres, L. (2006) Understanding employees' willingness to contribute to shared electronic databases: A three-dimensional framework.  Communication Research, 33(4), 242-261.

Jian, G. & Amschlinger, J. (2006). Social presence in virtual teams. In C. C. Bracken & M. Lombard (eds.), The 9th International Workshop on Presence Proceedings (p.37). The United States: Cleveland State University.

Taylor, B., Demont-Heinrich, C., Broadfoot, K.,  Dodge, J., & Jian, G. (2002). New media and the circuit of cyber-culture: Conceptualizing Napster. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 46, 607-629.


KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND INVITED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE LECTURES

Jian, G. (2019, April). Distinguished Lecture Colloquium Speaker. Transforming the present moment through conversation and narrative: Toward a hermeneutic leadership theory. Invited by the Department of Communication, University of Missouri.

Jian, G. (2019, March). Keynote Speaker. Building narratives and creating conversations of change and innovation. OpenCon 2019 Cleveland.

Jian, G. (2019, February). Invited Speaker. Unpacking the social processes in innovation implementation: Meaning, communication, and social networks. ReliabilityFirst.