A manager tries to explain why an employee is late for work and uses information about whether other employees are late. She is using which type of information in making her attribution?

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The manager is using consensus information, which refers to how similarly other people behave in the same situation. If many employees are late, it suggests an external factor affecting everyone, rather than something specific about the individual employee.

A Manager Tries to Explain Why an Employee Is Late