China Safety Science Journal ›› 2021, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 1-12.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2021.03.001

• Safety social science and safety management •     Next Articles

Research on employees' unsafe behavior in China from 1949 to 2018: development stage, research hotspot and trend analysis

LIU Lin1,2, MEI Qiang1, CHANG Zhipeng3   

  1. 1 School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang Jiangsu 212013, China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Management and Control of Complex Systems of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan Anhui 243032, China;
    3 School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan Anhui 243032, China
  • Received:2020-12-24 Revised:2021-02-01 Online:2021-03-28 Published:2021-12-20

Abstract: In order to review and summarize research progress on unsafe behavior in past 70 years, and to promote theoretical research on safe behavior management, a total of 564 journal articles from 1949 to 2018 were analyzed by using bibliometrics and CiteSpace mapping knowledge analysis tools. Growth law of unsafe behavior research was explored, co-occurrence knowledge mapping of authors and research institutions was drawn and influential authors, institutions and their cooperative characteristics were identified. The results show that unsafe behavior research goes through three stages in China, i.e., initial infancy stage (1949-2003), growth I stage (2004-2013) and growth II stage (2014 to date), and different hotspots have emerged in these stages. Future studies should be more focused on shortcomings of previous research as well as new development trend.

Key words: unsafety behavior, development stage, research hotspots, mapping knowledge, influence factors

CLC Number: