An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning

Flow is one’s psycho-physiological response to success in challenging situations and an important motivational factor. Using Csikszentmihalyi’s nine dimensions of Flow in this study, a purposive sample of school leaders (N=8) was interviewed about their Flow experiences. The data analysis showed tha...

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Main Author: MacNeill, Clinton Neil
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59684
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description Flow is one’s psycho-physiological response to success in challenging situations and an important motivational factor. Using Csikszentmihalyi’s nine dimensions of Flow in this study, a purposive sample of school leaders (N=8) was interviewed about their Flow experiences. The data analysis showed that the school leaders utilised only four of the nine Flow dimensions. The misfit of Csikszentmihalyi’s model is important in school leadership studies, and this research will provide better understanding of school leaders’ motivation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-596842017-12-18T01:05:41Z An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning MacNeill, Clinton Neil Flow is one’s psycho-physiological response to success in challenging situations and an important motivational factor. Using Csikszentmihalyi’s nine dimensions of Flow in this study, a purposive sample of school leaders (N=8) was interviewed about their Flow experiences. The data analysis showed that the school leaders utilised only four of the nine Flow dimensions. The misfit of Csikszentmihalyi’s model is important in school leadership studies, and this research will provide better understanding of school leaders’ motivation. 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59684 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle MacNeill, Clinton Neil
An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title_full An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title_fullStr An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title_full_unstemmed An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title_short An examination of Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in Western Australian school leaders' work and learning
title_sort examination of csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow in western australian school leaders' work and learning
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59684