You Have Just Joined a New Team at Work

Multiple Choice

You have just joined a new team at work. After the first few weeks,you notice that everyone on the team gets together for lunch on Thursdays. No one says anything about it - it just seems to happen. As a result,you assume that "this is how we do things around here" and make sure you are always free to have lunch with the group on Thursdays. This is an example of _____.

A) an explicit norm
B) an implicit norm
C) an explicit policy
D) an implicit policy