Energy-Flow – A New Perspective on James MacGregor Burns' Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness

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dc.contributor.advisor Vaill, Peter en_US
dc.contributor.author Fu, Pi-Jern Caroline en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-04-09T21:48:40Z
dc.date.available 2009-04-09T21:48:40Z
dc.date.created 2008 en_US
dc.date.issued 2009-04-09T21:48:40Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1218205866 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/103932
dc.description This theoretical dissertation documents a personal transforming leadership experience; during which, I explored my Leadership as Energy-Flow model by having a virtual dialogue with the polymathic works of theorists and thinkers to corroborate and refine it. The model consists of a theory and a conceptual scheme. The energy-flow theory, based on the laws of physics and Chinese philosophy and cosmological science, fashions the energy-flow conceptual scheme. Using the conceptual scheme, I delve into the Premise of the Dialogue, "In what ways and to what extent would using the energy-flow frame of reference describe and stimulate new meanings in Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness?" I venture forth in this exploration, sparked by Bertrand Russell's (1938) and James MacGregor Burns' (1979) on leadership power, to discover how one might use energy-flow abstractions to represent leadership phenomena. Energy-flow abstractions are images of events captured in thought, within which one unfolds and enfolds new meanings and deepens understanding of transforming leadership. The dialogue with six different traditions includes the works of: Alfred North Whitehead on philosophy and science, Ilya Prigogine on physics, Abraham H. Maslow on human potentials, need hierarchy, and management, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on psychological energy-flow, Richard Gerber on physiological energy-flow and vibrational medicine, and Ralph H.G. Siu on quantum and the Tao of science of leadership. The dialogue then continues into the work of Burns (2003). Many of my epiphanies, using the energy-flow conceptual scheme to fathom transforming leadership theory, induce some propitious ideas for further exploration in viewing leadership as energy-flow and using energy-flow as a basis for deciphering human affairs. The electronic version of this dissertation is available at the Ohiolink ETD Center : http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/. en_US
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dc.rights unrestricted en_US
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dc.subject energy-flow en_US
dc.subject modern physics en_US
dc.subject Taoist philosophy en_US
dc.subject Chinese cosmology en_US
dc.subject transforming leadership en_US
dc.subject theoretical model en_US
dc.subject physiology en_US
dc.title Energy-Flow – A New Perspective on James MacGregor Burns' Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name PhD en_US
dc.degree.discipline Leadership and Change en_US
dc.degree.grantor Antioch University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Antioch University / OhioLINK en_US

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