Author: Zoltan Buzady

49 Assessment of the competencies of Kazakhstani managers based on the flow-oriented leadership model.

Zoltan Buzady

Lipovka A.V., Buzady ​​Z.  Bulletin of the Turan University. 2025; (1): 71-83.  https://doi.org/10.46914/1562-2959-2025-1-1-71-83 Full text here: https://vestnik.turan-edu.kz/jour/article/view/4509/1783 AbstractThe significance of contemporary managers’ leadership competencies is steadily growing. After over thirty years of economic and social transition, Kazakhstani managers’ leadership skills and styles remain a fragmentarily examined topic by local and international scholars. Despite the first leadership…

48 No significant incremental predictive utility of dark triad traits for leadership performance: Evidence from a high-fidelity simulation

Zoltan Buzady

by: Zsolt Péter Szabó, Associate Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest and ELTE in: Personality and Individual Differences (Q1 Journal) Full article HERE Highlights Abstract Despite the growing prominence of the Dark Triad framework in leadership research, empirical findings remain mixed regarding the predictive value of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. The present study tested whether…

47 Adoption of an interactive serious game for developing conflict management skills in international business education

Zoltan Buzady

Research Article| March 11 2026 by: Fernando Almeida and Zoltan Buzady in: Journal of International Education in Business 1–19. (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-08-2025-0110 Full article HERE Purpose This study aims to examine the use of the serious game FLIGBY to recognize and enhance conflict management skills in international business education. It explores how the game’s realistic scenarios and…

FLIGBY's academic publications

List of Our Most Important Academic Publications

Zoltan Buzady

FLIGBY’s academic publications: 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 usage of Serious Games in teaching and training, skills measurement, and HR predictive analytics. Most publications below are also enabled and driven by FLIGBY, Prof.…

How to conduct a Peer Feedback Conversation and find Flow!

Zoltan Buzady

Tips, Tricks & Best Practices Fligby is an excellent leadership development tool for sure. By using the virtual-reality-like, interactive-movie-based simulated leadership situations it is the latest tool to train player-participants to become better leaders. The training process also teaches them how they can bring out the best abilities and creativity of their team and staff…

46 From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digitial Serious Game in Higher Education (in Hungarian)

Zoltan Buzady

By: Emese Belényesi and Győrfyné Kukoda AndreaIn: Jel-Kép—Journal of the Hungarian Society of Communication Science  DOI: https://doi.org/10.20520/JEL-KEP.2025.2.41 Abstract This study is based on using FLIGBY (Flow Is Good Business for You) – a digital serious game specifically designed for measuring and developing leadership skills – in higher education. It examines the aspects of decision-making based…

Remembering Professor Paul Marer

Zoltan Buzady

A Legacy of Dedication and Impact Although Prof. Paul Marer, Paul, as we called him, devoted much of his recent years to writing a book about his extraordinary life, his impact on the FLIGBY community during the 2010s was truly indispensable. Those who knew him would agree on one thing: Paul was a person of exceptional…

45 Managers’ Sustainable Leadership Competencies across Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Türkiye: Effects of personal, organizational, and industry factors

Zoltan Buzady

By: Anastassiya Lipovka, Almaty Management University; Zoltan Buzady, Corvinus University of Budapest; and Kuanysh Abeshev, Almaty Management University In: Problems and Perspectives in Management Full text via DOI here:http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.23(4).2025.34 Abstract:Sustainable leadership has become one of the widely addressed topics over the last decade, both in business and academia. This paper examines how personal, organizational, and…

From Innovation to Recognition: FLIGBY’s Academic Network Reaches New Heights

Zoltan Buzady

Lecture of the Year, 2025 We are thrilled to share fantastic news from the FLIGBY community! Prof. Zoltan Buzady, the esteemed head of FLIGBY’s academic network, the Flow Leadership Global Research Lab, has received the prestigious “Lecturer of the Year” award. Bruno van Pottelsberghe, the rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, a leading institution in Central Europe for…