It has been an informal rule for many years that nobody in the shipping department voluntarily works on the first Saturday in November at the Wright Company's East Texas plant because it is the first day of hunting season, a popular event. Any members of the shipping department group who did volunteer to work on this day could expect:

to win the support and admiration of their coworkers because of their eagerness to get the department's work done.

to be socially rejected by coworkers because they violated an important group norm.

to be perceived as high on the extroversion personality dimension.

to receive a formal reprimand from the group because of a rule violation.