Can employee relations be attained through positive self-disclosure and happiness? The mediating role of emotional stability

Nagendra Singh Nehra, Vimal Pant, Jitender Kumar and Bregham Dalgliesh

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2026, vol. 39, issue 2, 190-211

Abstract: This paper conceptualises the capitalisation theory, which can support as a major theoretical framework to investigate the mediating role of emotional stability between positive self-disclosure and happiness in understudied non-Western cultures like India. The survey was conducted through paper-pencil survey and distributed 472 questionnaires via a convenience sampling method and a cross-sectional survey-based research design. In the final analysis, only 398 responses were considered for analysis using multiple hierarchy regression analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and bootstrapping test. Results indicate that emotional stability partially mediates the relationship between positive self-disclosure and happiness via applicability of capitalisation theory in the Indian context. The findings of this study enrich the literature on said relation from capitalisation theory perspective that has not been examined before and serve as a potential policy guideline in Indian organisations.

Keywords: positive self-disclosure; emotional stability; happiness; Indian context. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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