The Potential of Combining Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Zen Practice: Using Western and Eastern Existential Insights to Interpret Managerial Lived Experience

Michal Müller () and Veronika Vaseková
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Michal Müller: Palacký University Olomouc
Veronika Vaseková: Palacký University Olomouc

Humanistic Management Journal, 2023, vol. 8, issue 1, No 5, 49-61

Abstract: Abstract Although in the past qualitative research in the field of management did not achieve much acknowledgement, mainly due to the impossibility of synthesising subjective experiences into generally valid statements, there is now a recognition of the significant importance of it. This is due to dynamic changes in society and global challenges that place high demands on managers and put pressure on the need to come up with new creative solutions to problems. The qualitative approach allows understanding the value orientation and the very ways of being of a manager, which is an important prerequisite for their self-development and learning. This paper highlights the intersections between the existential themes found in the research perspectives of existential hermeneutic phenomenology and Zen practice and proposes the development of a cross-cultural research framework that provides an interpretation of the lived experience of managers. The core existential insights that help to understand the lived experience of managers are the positive meaning of existential disruptions and dilemmas, authenticity of experience, and dialogical learning.

Keywords: Existential hermeneutic phenomenology; Existential insights; Management; Self-development; Qualitative research; Zen Buddhism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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