Meaning and career decision-making

A model of decision-making is suggested as a potential tool for assisting people in the process of career decision-making. The model is based on the subjective meaning of the values involved in the decision. Two experiments were carried out. In the first, university students had to decide on their major. In the second experiment, ninth-grade pupils had to decide about their future high school studies. Both decisions were actual ones. The suggested model was found to have high predictive power regarding the actual choices made. The possible applications of the model as a counseling tool are discussed.