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Research Publication

SELECTED WORK BASED ON TOPIC AND TYPE OF PUBLICATION

Other name used for publication: Xu, Y.

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TECHNOLOGY, ORGANIZING, AND PRACTICES

 

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • Miller, Y. X. (Under review). Performing autonomy: Invisible labor and affect in the making of autonomous machines. 

  • Miller, Y. X., Norman, E., & Stephens, K., & Hauser, E. (Under review). Beyond metrics: Toward a process understanding of invisible labor in cross-disciplinary convergence science. 

  • Hauser, E., & Xu, Y., Shorey, S., Menhart, S. (2026). Negotiating the real worlds of domestic service robotics. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’ 26). April 13-17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain. 

  • Xu, Y., & Hauser, E. (2024). Accomplishing robotic autonomy: The complexities of sociotechnical care and agency in the laboratory. Human-Machine Communication, 9, 143–166. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.9.9

  • Xu, Y. (2023). Envisioning a better world of human and technology: Theoretical and empirical considerations to connect communication scholarship to ethical technology design. Annals of International Communication Association, 48(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2023.2255586

  • Stephens, K. K., Harris, A. G., Hughes, A., Montagnolo, C., Nader, K., Stevens, S. A., Tasuji, T., Xu, Y., Purohit, H., & Zobel, C. (2023). Human-AI teaming during an ongoing disaster: How scripts around teaching and feedback reveal this form of human-machine communication. Human-Machine Communication, 6(1), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.30658/hmc.6.5

  • Xu, Y., & Farris, K. L. (2022). The influence of leadership styles and supervisor communication on employee burnout. Journal of General Management, 49(3), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221122664

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Miller, Y. X. (Forthcoming). Invisible by design: How human labor disappears in the making of social robots. In C. W. Piercy, & A. C. Zanin (Eds.), Teaming with machines: How contemporary teams collaborate with complex work technologies. Wiley-Blackwell.

  • Miller, Y. X. (Forthcoming). Anticipating ethical and social implications of AI in organizations. In J. Gibbs & E. Vaast (Eds.), Handbook on AI and organizational transformation. Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Norman, E., Liu, X., Miller, Y. X., & Stephens, K. (Forthcoming). Teaming with robots: A structuration approach to university implementation. Invited book chapter In C. W. Piercy, & A. C. Zanin (Eds.), Teaming with machines: How contemporary teams collaborate with complex work technologies. Wiley-Blackwell.

  • Stephens, K., & Xu, Y. (2025). Leadership communication and media technologies. In G. Jian & G. Fairhurst (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Organizational Leadership Communication. Routledge.

  • Scott, C., Xu, Y., & Tesfai, Y. (2024). Types of organizations. In V. D. Miller, & M. S. Poole (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research, (pp. 423-442). DeGruyter. 

 

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CRISIS COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 

 

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • Xu, Y., Stephens, K., Carlson, N., Lieberknecht, K., & Leite, F. (2024). Moving toward preparedness efficacy: Uncovering barriers to preparedness in communities disproportionately impacted by flooding. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 32(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12524

  • Stephens, K., Castro, S., Xu, Y., Juan, A., Diaz, N., Blessing, R., & Brody, S. (2024). Rectifying a data desert one step at a time: A co-created, community-based approach. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2024.2357131

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Stephens, K. K., Carlson, N. H., & Xu, Y. (2022). Disaster rescue communication using mobile devices, social media, and artificial intelligence. In A. Singh (Ed.), International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_175-1

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