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We regularly update the list of FLIGBY’s academic publications.
2026
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 Here48 – No significant incremental predictive utility of dark triad traits for leadership performance: Evidence from a high-fidelity simulation
By: Zsolt Péter Szabó In: Personality and Individual Differences (Q1) Full Link Here47 – Adoption of an interactive serious game for developing conflict management skills in international business education
By: Fernando Almeida and Zoltan Buzady In: Journal of International Education in Business (Q2 Journal) Full Link Here46 – 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 HERE2025
45 – Managers’ sustainable leadership competencies across Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Türkiye: Effects of personal, organizational, and industry factors
By: Anastassiya Lipovka, Zoltan Buzady, Kuanysh Abeshev In: Problems and Perspectives in Management (Q2 Journal) Full Link HERE44 – 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 HERE43 – 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 HERE42 – 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 HERE41 – 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 HERE40 – Leadership Styles in Turkic Nations (PhD Thesis Draft)
Research Results presented at PhD Thesis Draft Defense by: Gavkhar Turaeva39 – 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 Buzady37 – From Flow to FLIGBY – The Use of a Digital Serious Game in Higher Education (double-blind peer reviewed journal article, in Hungarian)
By: Emese Belényesi and Andrea Győrfyné Kukoka (NKE, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary)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, 2025 May 21-24
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 (Article, 2024)
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) DOI: “Turan” University Scientific Journal33 – Entrepreneurial Learning and FLIGBY’s Contribution – Presented at the CEEMAN Annual Conference (2024)
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, 2024)
By: Gavkhar Turaeva and Zoltan Buzady (2024) Presented at: https://geszk.kre.hu/clc2024/ Karoli Gaspar University Budapest, Sept 4-6., 2024, Christian Leadership30 – Gender composition at work and women’s career satisfaction: An international study of 35 societies (2024)
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/10.1111/1748-8583.1257029 – The impact of gender-role-orientations on subjective career success: A multilevel study of 36 societies (2022)
By: Jane Terpstra-Tong, et al. (Zoltan Buzady).(2022). In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Volume 138, (Q1 category journal) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.10377328 – FLIGBY for graduates’ employability enhancement in Computer Engineering
By: Almeida, F., & Buzady, Z. (2024). In: Computer Applications in Engineering Education (D1 category journal) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09729-227 – 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 here2023
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/10.1177/004723952311531872022
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_623 – 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/10.1080/10963758.2022.210947522 – 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 Scopus cite score: 7.2, (D1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2022.209877521 – 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 Scopus cite score: 2.5, (Scimago rating: Q1) 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/dwyKg7fS19 – Development of Soft Skills Competencies Through the Use of FLIGBY Q1
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady In: Technology, Pedagogy and Education (Scimago rating: Q1), March 2022. This journal is indexed in WoS (Core: 2.529) Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2022.205860018 – 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-05-2021-017816 – Exploring the role of a serious game in developing competencies in higher tourism education
By Fernando Almeida, Zoltan Buzady, Ana Ferro In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education (Scimago rating: Q2) Volume 29, November 2021, 10034715 – Millennials’ Leadership Skills for Promoting Flow and Profit in a Business Simulation
By Ali Badibanga and Matthew Ohlson https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.217682020
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/books978-3-03936-971-313 – The Contribution of Serious Games for the Success of Students in Entrepreneurship
By: Fernando Almeida, Polytechnic Institute of Gaya, Portugal2019
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 Buzady11 – Adoption of a Serious Game in the Development of Emotional Intelligence Skills
By: Fernando Almeida, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal10 – 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/informatics60300278 – 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/272087 – 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/2182142018
6 – Non-Intrusive Measurement and Global Benchmarking of 29 Management & Leadership Skills via FLIGBY in Central Europe, Ukraine and Kazakhstan – Conference Presentation
By: Zoltan Buzady5 – 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, China3 – 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 Download here.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 LOOK INSIDE via www.amazon.com Download the introductory section and TOC here.
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We regularly update this list of FLIGBY’s academic publications.
