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An Exploratory Study on the Safety Needs as a Motivation of Citizen’s Safe Behavior - Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy Theory of 5 Basic Needs -

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2015, 11(6), pp.207-226
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

Seo Jae ho 1

1부경대학교

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ABSTRACT

The first responsibility of disaster prevention is citizens themselves, so citizens’ personal knowledge and behavior as to risk and safety is very important in disaster management. Because motivation theory says that safety needs is strongly related safe behavior, to promote safety in a society as a whole a study on the safety needs and safety behavior is inevitable. Based on this theoretical background this study surveyed citizens who living in Busan metropolitan city and measured the important basic needs using Maslow’s hierarchy of 5 needs. The result showed that physiological needs was the most important needs among 5 basic needs and safety needs was the second important. People living in Busan considered belonging needs the most when they decide daily life. To find out the influencing factor of the safety needs this study built 3 regression model questingly. The result showed education, income, family size influenced on the citizen’s safety needs. Based on this result this study proposed several further research topics.

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