Workers show up at their place of employment to find the building dark and all the doors locked.They begin to talk to each other about what might be going on.Several people think the business has gone bankrupt and the owners have left town.They decide that their only option is to vent their hostility in a public way.Some of them start to batter down the door.Others look for paint and brushes for graffiti.Still others shout instructions to various people.In terms of collective behaviour theories,what are we witnessing?
A) contagion process
B) emergent norm process
C) convergence process
D) cybernetic process

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The situation described is an example of emergent norm process, where individuals come together in a group and establish new norms or rules of behaviour that emerge from the situation. In this case, the workers are creating a norm of venting their hostility towards the business in a public way.

Workers Show Up at Their Place of Employment to Find