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Prescreening, In‐Depth Exploration, and Choice: From Decision Theory to Career Counseling Practice
Author(s) -
Gati Itamar,
Asher Itay
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2001.tb00979.x
Subject(s) - intuition , process (computing) , psychology , management science , decision process , decision making , career counseling , computer science , knowledge management , applied psychology , operations management , engineering , cognitive science , purchasing , operating system
The authors present a 3‐stage model— Prescreening, In‐depth exploration , and Choice (PIC)—aimed at increasing the quality of the career decision‐making process and its outcome. PIC provides a framework for a dynamic and interactive process that emphasizes the role of career counselors as decision counselors, whose aim is to facilitate an active decision‐making process. The proposed model offers the advantages of systematic, analytical processing, while remaining compatible with individuals' natural way of thinking. The authors outline the implementation of PIC, discuss the role of intuition in decision making, and compare the PIC with the person‐environment fit approach.