The Leadership & Flow Global Research Network promotes academic cooperation, research, and publication in the broader fields related to Flow and Leadership theory, as well as the use of Serious Games in teaching and training, skills measurement, and HR predictive analytics.
Most publications below are enabled and driven by FLIGBY, Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s official Flow-promoting Leadership Development Online Simulation/Serious Game.
For private academic use, contact the authors or Dr. Zoltan Buzady, Director of the Leadership & Flow Global Research Network , via: zoltan@buzady.hu
We regularly update the list of FLIGBY’s academic publications.
2026
53 – FLIGBY as a tool for fostering thinking skills and creative competencies in higher education. D1, 93%
By: Buzady Z., Almeida F.
In: Thinking Skills and Creativity Full Link Here
52 – Primacy of soft skills: A definite test of managerial strategic planning competencies and professional performance in Hungary and Kazakhstan. Q2
By: Lipovka A., Buzady Z., Abeshev K.
In: Problems and Perspectives in Management Full Link Here
51 – From theory to practice – Bridging international competency models with FLIGBY simulation for leadership self-assessment (in Hungarian).
By: Belényesi E., Kukóda Győrfyné A.
In: Budapest Management Review. Full Link Here
50 – Gender first: HR managers’ selection practices in local and multinational enterprises of Kazakhstan. Q1
By: Lipovka A.V., Buzady Z.
In: Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes.
Forthcoming Full Link Here
49 – Assessment of the competencies of Kazakhstani managers based on the Flow-oriented leadership model.
By: Lipovka A.V., Buzady Z.
In: Bulletin of the Turan University. Full Link Here
48 – No significant incremental predictive utility of dark triad traits for leadership performance: Evidence from a high-fidelity simulation. D1
By: Zsolt Péter Szabó
In: Personality and Individual Differences Full Link Here
47 – Adoption of an interactive serious game for developing conflict management skills in international business education Q2
By: Fernando Almeida and Zoltan Buzady
In: Journal of International Education in Business Full Link Here
46 – From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digital Serious Game in Higher Education
By: Emese Belényesi and Győrfyné Kukoda Andrea
In: Jel-Kép – Journal of the Hungarian Society of Communication Science Full Link HERE
2025
45 – Managers’ Sustainable Leadership Competencies across Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Türkiye: Effects of personal, organizational, and industry factors. Q2
By: Anastassiya Lipovka, Zoltan Buzady, Kuanysh Abeshev
In: Problems and Perspectives in Management Full Link HERE
44 – The Use of Serious Gaming Simulation in Military Leadership Development
By: Rob Elkington, Anna RudzinskaKateryna KorpaloBhuvana Malika VustelaLamia Binte Masud, Journal of Leadership Education Full Link HERE
43 – Simulating Leadership Across Cultures: Exploring the Role of Sustainable and Transformational Leadership Styles in Decision-Making Skills
By: Gavkhar Turaeva, Zoltan Buzady, Corvinus University
IACCM Cross-cultural Competencies and Management Conference (Corvinus University, Oct. 2025) Full link HERE
42 – The Spectrum of Abstraction and Realism in Serious Games for Learning. (European Conference on Games Based Learning ECGBL 2025)
By: Christina Risley, Zoltan Buzady, and Charlie Liang Xu
Full link HERE
41 – Leveraging Digital Serious Games: Integrating FLIGBY into Public Administration Education. (Book chapter)
By: Emese BELÉNYESI and Andrea GYŐRFYNÉ KUKODA (Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies)
Full link HERE
40 – Leadership Styles in Turkic Nations. (PhD Thesis Draft)
Research Results presented at PhD Thesis Draft Defense by: Gavkhar Turaeva
39 – Strategic HRM Maturity in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Hungary, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. (TAOM conference)
By: Saule Zhardayeva, Zoltan Buzady, and Ainur Abdrazakova (SDU University, Kazakhstan)
38 – Cross-Cultural Leadership Styles in the Turkic World: A FLIGBY Simulation Study of Hungary, Turkey, and Kazakhstan (TAOM conference)
By: Gavkhar Turaeva, Zoltan Buzady
37 – From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digital Serious Game in Higher Education.
By: Emese Belényesi and Andrea Győrfyné Kukoka (NKE, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary) Here
36 – The Influence of Cultural Norms on Decision-Making and Emotional Intelligence: Perspectives from FLIGBY in Post-Soviet and Central European Leadership (EAWOP conference).
By: Gavkhar Turaeva (Corvinus University of Budapest) and Zoltan Buzady (Corvinus University)
Presented at: EAWOP congress of the European Academy of Work and Organizational Psychology, Transforming Working Environments: Challenges & Opportunities, Prague, May 21-24, 2025 Here
35 – Managers’ Leadership Competencies in Kazakhstan through the Gender Prism (CESS-ESCAS conference)
By: Anastassiya Lipovka, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Almaty Management University (Kazakhstan); Zoltan Buzady, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, (Hungary)
Presented at: International Conference: Geopolitics, Migration and Identities in Central Asia – Joint Meeting by CESS-ESCAS, Lisbon, January 7-10, 2025
2024
34 – Leadership and Gender in Kazakhstan: An Integrative Literature Review.
By: Lipovka A.V., PhD, associate professor, AlmaU, Kazakhstan (a.lipovka@almau.edu.kz) ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0471-2040 and
Buzady Z., PhD, associate professor (zoltan@buzady.hu) ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9992-1744
In: “Turan” University Scientific Journal DOI and full-text here, 2024. No. 3(103)
33 – Entrepreneurial Learning and FLIGBY’s Contribution – Presented at the CEEMAN Annual Conference
By: Dr. Zoltan Buzady (2024)
Presented at the 32nd CEEMAN Annual Conference, held at ICM Innsbruck, Austria (Sept 25-27) Poster here
32 – Kazakhstan: going global in a post-Soviet country (Book chapter 10.) In: Global Leadership Practices (2024)
By: Zoltan Buzady and Anastassiya Lipovka
In: Global Leadership Practices (2nd edition), Edgar Elgar: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781035308088/9781035308088.xml
31 – Cultural Mosaics in Leadership: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers – Perspectives from Turkey and Hungary – Organization of Turkic States Leadership Styles. Conference presentation
By: Gavkhar Turaeva and Zoltan Buzady (2024) HERE
Presented at: https://geszk.kre.hu/clc2024/ Karoli Gaspar University Budapest, Sept 4-6., 2024, Christian Leadership
30 – Gender composition at work and women’s career satisfaction: An international study of 35 societies. D1
By: Jane L. Y. Terpstra-Tong, Len J. Treviño, Zoltan Buzady et al.
In: Human Resource Management Journal (D1 category journal)
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12570
29 – The impact of gender-role-orientations on subjective career success: A multilevel study of 36 societies. Q1
By: Jane Terpstra-Tong, et al. (Zoltan Buzady).(2022).
In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Volume 138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103773
28 – FLIGBY for graduates’ employability enhancement in Computer Engineering. D1
By: Almeida, F., & Buzady, Z. (2024). In: Computer Applications in Engineering Education (D1 category journal) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09729-2
27 – The Contribution of FLIGBY to the Entrepreneurial Learning Outcomes (D1)
By: Almeida, F., & Buzady, Z. (2024).
In: Technology, Knowledge and Learning (D1 category Journal)
26 Conducting Flow: A Quantitative Correlational Study of Music Conductor Leadership Traits in Millennial Business Managers (Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Leadership, 2024)
By: Corey M. Ames – Full text here
2023
25 – Exploring the Impact of a Serious Game in the Academic Success of Entrepreneurship Students
By: Almeida, F., & Buzady, Z. (2023).
In: Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395231153187
2022
24 – FLIGBY: the Serious Game Harnessing Flow Experience for Leadership Development
Conference details: By: Kristina Risley, University of Westminster, London, UK [orcid: 0000-0002-4368-6175] and Zoltan Buzady Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary [orcid: 0000-0001-5553-7583] presented at GALA Games and Learning Alliance Conference, Tampere, Finland
AND Book chapter: Risley, K., Buzady, Z. (2022). FLIGBY: The Serious Game Harnessing Flow Experience for Leadership Development. In: Kiili, K., Antti, K., de Rosa, F., Dindar, M., Kickmeier-Rust, M., Bellotti, F. (eds) Games and Learning Alliance. GALA 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13647.
Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22124-8_6
23 – Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies among Tourism Students using FLIGBY
By: Ana Ferro (ISPGAYA), Zoltan Buzady (Corvinus University of Budapest) & Fernando Almeida (University of Porto & INESCTEC)
In: Journal of Hospitality& Tourism Education – Scopus cite score: 3.2, (Scimago rating: Q2)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2022.2109475
22 – Exploring flow-promoting management and leadership skills via serious gaming. D1
By: Zoltan Buzady, Agnes Wimmer, Anita Csesznak & Peter Szentesi at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
In: Interactive Learning Environments
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2022.2098775
21 –Intuitive and analytical decision-making skills analysed through a flow developing serious game. Q1
By: at Corvinus University of Budapest
In: Journal of Decision Systems DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2022.2073863
20 – Use of Serious Games for Analysing Leadership Skills for Promoting Flow at the Workplace (in Hungarian)
Original title: A munkahelyi flow-állapot elősegítő vezetői képességek elemzése a komoly játék eszközével
By: Zoltán Buzády, Ágnes Wimmer, Anita Csesznák, Peter Szentesi at Corvinus University of Budapest
In: Vezetéstudomány (Management Science) DOI: https://lnkd.in/dwyKg7fS
19 – Development of Soft Skills Competencies Through the Use of FLIGBY. Q1
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady
In: Technology, Pedagogy and Education https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2022.2058600
18 – Cultivating Engagement in Learning from Classrooms to Educational Games – Chapter 18
by: David Shernoff and Shalva Tversky
In: Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools, 3rd edition
ISBN 9780367855864 March 22, 2022, by Routledge (Publ.)
2021
17 – Recognizing leadership styles through the use of a serious game
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady
In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (Scimago rating: Q3), October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2021-0178
16 – Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education. Q2
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady, Ana Ferro
In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education Volume 29, November 2021, 100347
15 – Millennials’ Leadership Skills for Promoting Flow and Profit in a Business Simulation
By Ali Badibanga and Matthew Ohlson
https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21768
2020
14 – FLIGBY — A Serious Game Tool to Enhance Motivation and Competencies in Entrepreneurship
By: Zoltan Buzady & Fernando Almeida
In: Gamification and Advanced Technology to Enhance Motivation in Education, Faraon Llorens-Largo & Rafael Molina-Carmona (Eds.) https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03936-971-3
13 – The Contribution of Serious Games for the Success of Students in Entrepreneurship
By: Fernando Almeida, Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, Portugal
2019
12 – An East-Versus-West Update: The Non-Intrusive Measurement and Global Benchmarking of 29 Management and Leadership Skills via FLIGBY in Central Europe, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (2019 Update) –
Conference Presentation By: Zoltan Buzady
11 – Adoption of a Serious Game in the Development of Emotional Intelligence Skills
By: Fernando Almeida, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
10 – 2nd, improved and new edition of Missing Link Discovered – “The FLIGBY book”
2nd edition: 2019 (July)
By: Buzády, Z., Marer, P., Vecsey, Z.
9 – FLIGBY—A Serious Game Tool to Enhance Motivation and Competencies in Entrepreneurship
By: Zoltán Buzády (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary) and Fernando Almeida (Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, Porto, Portugal)
In: Informatics 2019, 6(3), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics6030027
8 – Assessment of Entrepreneurship Competencies Through the Use of FLIGBY
By: Zoltán Buzády and Fernando Almeida
In: Digital Education Review, 35, 151-169. http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/der/article/view/27208
7 – Learning Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Through Flow Theory and FLIGBY Game
By: Fernando Almeida (Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, Porto, Portugal) and Zoltán Buzády (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)
In: International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE)9(1) 2019 DOI: 10.4018/IJVPLE.2019010101https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/218214
2018
6 – Non-Intrusive Measurement and Global Benchmarking of 29 Management & Leadership Skills via FLIGBY in Central Europe, Ukraine and Kazakhstan – Conference Presentation
By: Zoltan Buzady
5 – Flow-promoting Leadership Development via Serious Games – Conference Presentation
By: Zoltan Buzady
Presented at the 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology (ECPP), Budapest, June 27–30, 2018.
2017
4 – How FLIGBY Opens New Vistas for Teaching, Training, and Research in Leadership Development – Conference Presentation
By: Zoltan Buzady
Proceedings of the 25th CEEMAN Annual Conference 20-22 September 2017 Hangzhou, China
3 – Flow, leadership and serious games – a pedagogical perspective
By: Zoltan Buzady (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)
In: World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
Vol. 14 Issue: 2/3, pp.204-217, DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-05-2016-0035
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2016
2 – The Theory of “Flow’ and Its Relevance for Organizations
By: Zoltan Buzady and Paul Marer, March 2016
In: CEU Working Paper Series Download full working paper here.
1 – Missing Link Discovered – Integrating Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow-theory into Management and Leadership Practice by using FLIGBY – the Official Leadership Flow Game
With a special essay contribution by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
1st edition 2016, 2nd edition: 2019
By: Buzády, Z., Marer, P., Vecsey, Z.
Publisher: ALEAS Inc., Los Angeles & ALEAS Hungary Kft., Hungary. ISBN 978963-12-5491-4 164. pages
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We regularly update this list of FLIGBY’s academic publications.
