The interrelation between happiness and workplace safety: A bibliometric review

Elias Md Radzi; Fadzli Shah Abd Aziz; Khairul Hafezad Abdullah

doi:10.31893/multirev.2024145

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Abstract

Ensuring a safe and secure work environment promotes employee well-being and satisfaction. This bibliometric study aims to examine the correlation between happiness and workplace safety. This study uses a bibliometric approach to reveal notable research patterns and areas of inadequacy in the current literature on happiness and workplace safety. We acquired the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus datasets and analysed them using VOSviewer and ScientoPy. Since the 1990s, there has been a steady increase in the volume of literature related to happiness and workplace safety. In 2021, a notable number of publications across both databases, amounting to 61, were documented. This result indicated an upsurge in interest in this topic. The subject of “Psychology” has achieved the highest ranking, with 248 publications. The top five author keywords associated with this subject are “well-being”, “mental health”, “quality of life”, “psychological well-being”, and “depression”. The term “well-being” has garnered significant attention recently, particularly in 2022 and 2023. Bibliometric studies have revealed that happiness research has consistently and steadily gained academic attention. This article scrutinises a range of research that has investigated various facets of this interconnectedness, including the comprehension of accidents, analysis of accidents, modelling accidents, and management of workplace safety and health risks. Furthermore, this study recognises the need for future research to investigate different frameworks that elucidate the relationship between happiness and workplace safety. It also emphasises the intricacies associated with this subject matter.Ensuring a safe and secure work environment promotes employee well-being and satisfaction. This bibliometric study aims to examine the correlation between happiness and workplace safety. This study uses a bibliometric approach to reveal notable research patterns and areas of inadequacy in the current literature on happiness and workplace safety. We acquired the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus datasets and analysed them using VOSviewer and ScientoPy. Since the 1990s, there has been a steady increase in the volume of literature related to happiness and workplace safety. In 2021, a notable number of publications across both databases, amounting to 61, were documented. This result indicated an upsurge in interest in this topic. The subject of “Psychology” has achieved the highest ranking, with 248 publications. The top five author keywords associated with this subject are “well-being”, “mental health”, “quality of life”, “psychological well-being”, and “depression”. The term “well-being” has garnered significant attention recently, particularly in 2022 and 2023. Bibliometric studies have revealed that happiness research has consistently and steadily gained academic attention. This article scrutinises a range of research that has investigated various facets of this interconnectedness, including the comprehension of accidents, analysis of accidents, modelling accidents, and management of workplace safety and health risks. Furthermore, this study recognises the need for future research to investigate different frameworks that elucidate the relationship between happiness and workplace safety. It also emphasises the intricacies associated with this subject matter.
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Md Radzi, E., Abd Aziz, F. S., & Abdullah, K. H. (2024). The interrelation between happiness and workplace safety: A bibliometric review. Multidisciplinary Reviews, 7(7), 2024145. https://doi.org/10.31893/multirev.2024145

[1] Abdullah, K. H. (2022). Bibliometric Analysis of Safety Behaviour Research. Asian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, https://doi.org/10.55057/ajbs.2022.4.2.2

[2] Abdullah, K. H., Roslan, M. F., Ishak, N. S., Ishak, N. S., Yahya, M. A., Hadi, H. R. A., &; Mohd Rosaai, M. S. N. (2023). Revealing the unseen: a bibliometric analysis of workplace safety. KONTAKT 25(4), 328–338. https://doi.org/10.32725/kont.2023.038

[3] Yassin, A. H., Spector, J. T., Mease, L., Shumate, A., Hill, R., Lincoln, J. E., Baker, M. G. (2022). Workplace Determinants of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in U.S. Mariners during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24),16628-16628. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416628

[4] Aman‐Ullah, A., Ibrahim, H., Aziz, A., & Mehmood, W. (2022). Impact of workplace safety on employee retention using sequential mediation: evidence from the health-care sector. https://doi.org/10.1108/rausp-02-2021-0043

[5] Baek-Kyoo, Brian, J., Drea, Z., Kim, N., Brad, S. (2017). Work Cognition and Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Cognitive Engagement as a Partial Mediator. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 53(4):446-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886316688780

[6] Dolores, Rando-Cueto., José, M., Núñez-Sánchez., Carmen, Jambrino-Maldonado., Patricia, P., Iglesias-Sánchez., Carlos, de, las, Heras-Pedrosa. (2023). Bibliometric analysis and network mapping of the scientific literature on the influence of public relations on well-being and happiness. Anàlisi: Quaderns de Comunicació i Cultura. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/analisi.3562

[7] Rando-Cueto, D., Núñez-Sánchez, J.-M., Fernández-Díaz, E., & De-las-Heras-Pedrosa, C. (2023). Bibliometric Analysis, Evolution and Trends of Happiness Management in Scientific Literature. ANDULI. Revista Andaluza De Ciencias Sociales, (23), 177–199. https://doi.org/10.12795/anduli.2023.i23.10

[8] Donthu, N., Kumar, S., Mukherjee, D., Pandey, N., Lim, W. M. (2021). How to conduct a bibliometric analysis: An overview and guidelines. J. Bus. Res. 133: 285–296. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.070

[9] Johar, E. R., Nadzirah, Rosli, Hafizah., Zaki, H. O., Fernandez, D., Fernandez, M. F. (2023). Does Happiness Really Matter? Exploring Employee Well-being Recent Research Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis using R. International journal of academic research in business & social sciences, 13(2) https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v13-i2/16274

[10] Erazo Muñoz, P. A., & Riaño Casallas, M. I. (2021). Relationship between happiness at work and job performance: a bibliometric analysis, evolution and trends. Revista Virtual Universidad Católica Del Norte, 64, 241–280. https://doi.org/10.35575/rvucn.n64a10

[11] Fisher, C. D. (2010, November 5). Happiness at Work. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2009.00270.x

[12] Fitria, R. (2018). Happiness at Workplace. 32-40. https://doi.org/10.32698/25255

[13] Hernita, H., Surya, B., Perwira, I., Abubakar, H., & Idris, M. (2021, March 14). Economic Business Sustainability and Strengthening Human Resource Capacity Based on Increasing the Productivity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Makassar City, Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063177

[14] Imagha, O. A., Okon, M. G., Akpaetor, U. A., Nkanor, W. N., & Umana, E. S. (2023). Technological Skills and the Performance of Managers of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.37745/ijsber.2013/vol11n14053

[15] Martínez-Falcó, J. Marco-Lajara, B., Sánchez-García, E., Millán-Tudela, L. A. (2023). The scientific knowledge structure of happiness management in the business sphere: an exploratory bibliometric review. Journal of Management Development, 42(2), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmd-03-2023-0069

[16] Merigó, J. M., Miranda, J., Modak, N. M., Boustras, G., de la Sotta, C. (2019). Forty years of Safety Science: A bibliometric overview. Safety Science, 115, 66-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SSCI.2019.01.029

[17] Joshi, M. (2019). Understanding the Nuances of Employees’ Safety to Improve Job Satisfaction of Employees in Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Health Management, 21(2), 326-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063419835125

[18] Kalender-Smajlović, S., Kukec, A., & Dovjak, M. (2022). The problem of indoor environmental quality at a general Slovenian hospital and its contribution to sick building syndrome. Building and Environment, 215, 108908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.108908

[19] Karanikas, N., & Hasan, S. M. T. (2022). Occupational Health & Safety and other worker well-being areas: Results from labour inspections in the Bangladesh textile industry. Safety Science, 146 105533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105533

[20] Lee, K. E., McMullen, N., Kota, H., Peterson, K., Oravec, C., Frey, C. Kittel, C. A., Wolfe, S. Q., Fargen, K. M. (2021). Predictors of citations in neurosurgical research: a 5-year follow-up. World Neurosurg 153, 66–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.029

[21] Mielly, M., Islam, G., & Gosen, D. (2023). Better Sorry than Safe: Emotional Discourses and Neo-normative Control in a Workplace Safety Council. Organization Studies, 44(6), 889-917. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221134227

[22] Misra, N., & Srivastava, S.. (2022). Happiness at Work: A Psychological Perspective. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108241

[23] Ni, G., Zhu, Y., Zhang, Z., Qiao, Y., Li, H., Xu, N., Deng, Y., Yuan, Z., & Wang, W. (2020, November 12). Influencing Mechanism of Job Satisfaction on Safety Behavior of New Generation of Construction Workers Based on Chinese Context: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Safety Knowledge Sharing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8361-8361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228361

[24] Özlem, Ö., Okan, Ö., Sümeyye, Ö., Ümit, Ç. (2022). Investigation of the Perception of Occupational Safety, Work Stress and Happiness in Healthcare Workers. Journal of Health Management, 097206342210784-097206342210784. https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634221078413

[25] Quan, Z., Weicheng, L., Yuxin, C. (2022). Happy music and employee creativity in the workplace: Psychological safety as a mediator. Social Behavior and Personality, https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.11390

[26] Pradhan, R. K., Jandu, K., Panda, M. Hati, L., Mallick, M. (2021). In pursuit of happiness at work: exploring the role of psychological capital and coping in managing COVID-19 stress among Indian employees. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 16 (6), 850-867 https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-03-2021-0097

[27] Ravina-Ripoll, R., Luis, M., Romero-Rodríguez., Ahumada-Tello, E. (2021). Workplace happiness as a trinomial of organisational climate, academic satisfaction and organisational engagement. Corporate Governance, https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-12-2020-0532

[28] Richard, M., Davidson. (2022). Well-Being is a Skill. Biological Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.019

[29] Ruiz-Rosero J, Ramírez-González G, Viveros-Delgado J (2019). Software survey: ScientoPy, a scientometric tool for topics trend analysis in scientific publications. Scientometrics 121(2): 1165–1188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03213-w

[30] Dunsmuir, S., Kratochwill, T. R. (2013). From research to policy and practice: Perspectives from the UK and the US on psychologists as agents of change. Educational and Child Psychology 30(3). https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2013.30.3.60

[31] Schill, A L. (2017). Advancing Well-Being Through Total Worker Health. Workplace Health & Safety, 65(4), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079917701140

[32] Septyarini, E., Ridho, T N., & Prayekti, P. (2023, May 30). The Influence Of Occupational Health and Safety, Physical Work Environment and Work Motivation On Job Satisfaction. International Journal Of Economics And Management Review, 1(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.58765/ijemr.v1i2.80

[33] Shelke, A. U., Shaikh, N. (2023). Mediating role of workplace happiness in enhancing work engagement. Rajagiri Management Journal, 17(3), 238-253. https://doi.org/10.1108/ramj-07-2022-0110

[34] Sofian, F. N. R. M., Abdullah, K. H., Mohd-Sabrun, I. (2023). Research on corporate reputation: a bibliometric review of 43 years (1977–2020). Int J Inf Sci Manag 21(2): 31–54. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijism.2023.1977558.0.

[35] Thibaud, De, Barnier., Mickaël, Causse. (2022). Can Vigilance be Enhanced by Flashing Visual Stimuli? An EEG Study. In: Ronald Boring (eds) Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 33. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001579

[36] Tian, Y. (2023). A review on factors related to patient comfort experience in hospitals. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 42(1), 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-023-00465-4

[37] Tullu, M. S (2019). Writing the title and abstract for a research paper: being concise, precise, and meticulous is the key. Saudi J Anaesth 13(Suppl. 1): S12–S17. DOI: 10.4103/sja.sja_685_18.

[38] Ubhale, A., Raje, S. (2022). Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress and its association with workplace satisfaction in medical college teachers. International journal of advanced research, 10(01):1127-1134. https://doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/14153

[39] Ye, Mao., Ming, Yuan., Congdong, Lv. (2023). Global Research Productions Pertaining to Design for Safety: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on WoS Database. Buildings, 13(6):1515-1515. doi: 10.3390/buildings13061515

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