Namita Ruparel

Overview
Dr. Namita Ruparel has a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus. Her research focuses on identifying the antecedents of authentic happiness and quality of life in the workplace, nested in the tenets of positive organizational psychology. She works in the methods of modelling, scale development and validation, and systematic literature reviews. Before joining IIM, she has taught at OP Jindal Global University, Icfai Business School, Woxsen University and the WILP Division of BITS Pilani.

Academic Background

• PhD (Industrial / Organizational Psychology) – Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• Sc. Applied Psychology – St Francis College for Women, Osmania University
• A. Psychology – St Francis College for Women, Osmania University

Publications

• Singh, S., Chittiprolu, V., Ali, A., & Ruparel, N. (2025). Demystifying hotel employee’s job satisfaction through cross-cultural online reviews. Anatolia, 36(1), 61-75.
• Ahn, J. Y., Bedi, R., Choubisa, R., & Ruparel, N. (2024). The association between Western components of psychotherapy and psychotherapy help-seeking attitudes among Asian Indians: A practice innovation. Practice Innovations.
• Ruparel, N., Bhardwaj, S., Seth, H., & Choubisa, R. (2023). Systematic literature review of professional social media platforms: Development of a behavior adoption career development framework. Journal of Business Research, 156, 113482.
• Ruparel, N., Choubisa, R., Sharma, K., & Seth, H. (2022). Assessing the psychometric properties of cultural intelligence scale among Indian employees. Current Psychology, 41(5), 2938-2949.
• Ruparel, N., Choubisa, R., Seth, H., & Dubey, S. (2022). Mental toughness for employees: towards conceptual clarity and scale development. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 72(6), 1791-1818.
• Ruparel, N., Choubisa, R., Seth, H., & Nagpal, G. (2022). Does time perspective influence knowledge hiding? Empirical evidence from Indian employees. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 36(2), 11-13.
• Ruparel, N., Choubisa, R., & Seth, H. (2022). Imagining positive workplaces: extrapolating relationships between job crafting, mental toughness and authentic happiness in millennial employees. Management Research Review, 45(5), 599-618.
• Tandon, A., Kaur, P., Ruparel, N., Islam, J. U., & Dhir, A. (2022). Cyberloafing and cyberslacking in the workplace: systematic literature review of past achievements and future promises. Internet Research, 32(1), 55-89.
• Ruparel, N., Dhir, A., Tandon, A., Kaur, P., & Islam, J. U. (2020). The influence of online professional social media in human resource management: A systematic literature review. Technology in Society, 63, 101335.
• Ruparel, N. (2020). Mental toughness: Promising new paradigms for the workplace. Cogent Psychology, 7(1), 1722354.
• Ruparel, N., & Choubisa, R. (2020). Knowledge hiding in organizations: A retrospective narrative review and the way forward. Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 9(1), 5-22.
• Dubey, S., Ruparel, N., & Choubisa, R. (2020). Does organizational virtuousness and psychological capital impact employee performance: evidence from the banking sector. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 34(5), 17-19.