What It Takes to Foster Well‐Being in Organizations: A Comment to König et al.

In this comment, we discuss the article by König et al. (”Why Personnel Selection Should Target Job Performance AND Well‐Being”) and describe our view on employee well‐being in the context of personnel selection. We appreciate several of König et al.'s suggestions: they highlight how incorporating measures into the selection process that enhance person‐job or person‐organization fit, or may stimulate self‐selection, could ultimately enhance employee well‐being. We argue, however, that their approach of including personal dispositions as predictors of experienced well‐being can be problematic for several reasons. We suggest that organizations that want to enhance employee well‐being through a selection approach should adopt a different strategy: Organizations could orient their selection procedure towards personal dispositions that protect the well‐being of other members within the organization.