The married couple David V. Tiedman and Anna Miller-Tiedman worked together and separately in their careers in the area of career development. Their research and writing focus on career decision making and how individuals make decisions. Anna-Miller-Tiedman's work specifically focuses on Life Career, or the idea that one's experiences in life in large part shape their personal views, and as a result shape their life and career decisions. She has published her work in 4 different books during the late 1980's through the late 1990's. Tiedman and Miller-Tiedman's general argument is that all individuals process both personal reality and common reality as they make decisions and career counselors should be aware of this as they work with clients.
Personal reality is an individual's sense of what is right and common reality is what others say an individuals should do. Tiedman and Miller-Tiedman suggest that as we anticipate decisions to make and then adjust to the decisions we have made, we draw upon these two realities to inform our decision making. Tiedman and another colleague, O'Hara argue that the anticipation phase of decision making encompasses 4 stages that may or may not be sequential:
Once the decision has been made, the adjusting, or carrying out of the decision involves three components:
A brief personal biography and introduction to Anna Miller-Tiedman's views on career development can be found on the website of her New Careering Institute: http://www.life-is-career.com/pages/bio.html
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