Hugh recently started working as a consultant for a large firm and completed his first client project. He met with the client on his own without asking coworkers to join the meeting. He gathered all the project information by himself and wrote a report for the client. Hugh was surprised to hear comments from coworkers such as "Maybe you need to be more of a team player" and "Why didn't you ask us for help?" When he was hired, no one said anything about how work was supposed to get done, and there were no policies prohibiting him from working alone on a project. It seems that Hugh failed to observe what aspect of the company's culture?

An assumption embedded in the culture is that teamwork is preferable to individual work.

The company has an espoused value that explicitly promotes collaboration among employees.

An assumption of the culture is that clients prefer working with only one consultant.

Employees should pay close attention to company policies.