Category: Research

43 Simulating Leadership Across Cultures: Exploring the Role of Sustainable and Transformational Leadership Styles in Decision-Making Skills​​​

Zoltan Buzady

By: Gavkhar Turaeva and Zoltan Buzady, Corvinus University of Budapest At the IACCM (International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management) Conferenceheld October 29-31, 2025 at Corvinus University of Budapesthttps://www.uni-corvinus.hu/post/landing-page/iaccm-2025/?lang=en Full presentation here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CmlwYwjW0I0fdFxbbd_iP72LWBHcAl2b/view?usp=sharing Abstract : This research explores the impact of sustainable and transformational leadership styles on decision-making skills in cross-cultural, simulated management contexts. Sustainable leadership prioritises…

41 Leveraging Digital Serious Games: Integrating FLIGBY into Public Administration Education (Book chapter)

Zoltan Buzady

By: Emese BELÉNYESI PhD, Associate Professor, Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, E-mail: belenyesi.emese@uni-nke.hu andAndrea GYŐRFYNÉ KUKODA PhD, Assistant Professor, Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, E-mail: gyorfyne.kukoda.andrea@uni-nke.hu Full text here: https://apubb.ro/intconf/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Role-of-Universities-%E2%80%93-C-Hintea-M-Balogh.pdf Pages 37-57 – ISBN 978-606-561-258-7 Abstract: This study is based on…

39 Turkish Academy of Management Conference 2025 at Corvinus University #2

Zoltan Buzady

Title: Strategic HRM Maturity in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Hungary, Turkey, and Kazakhstan By: Saule Zhardayeva (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary), Zoltan Buzady (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary), Ainur Abdrazakova (SDU University, Kaskelen, Kazkahstan) Abstract This paper explores the maturity of Human Resource (HR) practices in the skills development across selected Turkic countries,…

36 – The Influence of Cultural Norms on Decision-Making and Emotional Intelligence: Perspectives from FLIGBY in Post-Soviet and Central European Leadership

Zoltan Buzady

Authors: 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, 2025 May 21-24 Gavkhar Turaeva shared with us her professional impressions: I had the privilege of participating in the 22nd European Congress of…

37 From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digital Serious Game in Higher Education

Zoltan Buzady

by: Emese Belényesi and Andrea Győrfyné Kukoda (NKE, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary) AbstractThis 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 on Csíkszentmihályi’s flow theory,…

Conducting Flow: A Quantitative Correlational Study of Music Conductor Leadership Traits in Millennial Business Managers (Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Leadership, 2024)

Zoltan Buzady

by: Corey Ames Ed.D. Abstract Individuals born between 1981 and 1996 are expected to be the dominant generation in the workforce by 2025. The problem is conventional leadership applications seem unrelated to the millennial generation’s need for workplace autonomy and adapting to volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions. There is a gap in information about…

Musician Flow Component

Zoltan Buzady

A New Approach to Promoting Flow in the Workplace Today’s leaders face an insurmountable challenge of retaining high-quality employees. Not only are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) situations arising, the workforce is embarking on a generational shift with significant implications for the effectiveness of more traditional and transactional leadership styles. When observing the sustainable…

The Harmony of Climate and Culture

Zoltan Buzady

An Audience Perspective on Leadership Flow Impact The complexities of leadership often go unnoticed. When attending the performance of a symphony orchestra, there is often a visual understanding that the positive climate and culture a conductor creates with their musicians produces the highest quality of music (Meals, 2020). On one such occasion, I had the…

EEG to better fit the player’s skill level – enabling a stable Flow state in a serious game

Zoltan Buzady

Using EEG data as Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in a serious game about plastic pollution in the oceans DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3582515.3609512 By: Thomas Bjørner, Associate Professor and Head of Media Innovation & Game Research, Aalborg University. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-7168 In: Bjørner, T. (2023). Using EEG data as Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in a serious game about the plastic pollution in…