An Accounting Firm Has Laid Out a Directive to Maintain

question 26

Multiple Choice

An accounting firm has laid out a directive to maintain a decorous atmosphere in the office. But the employees constantly disregard this dictate by talking in loud voices and being overtly disorderly in their behavior. This leads to an undercurrent of conflict between management and the employees. Which component of the cultural communication triangle conflict is evident in this scenario?

• A) Organizational context
• B) Cultural self-knowledge
• C) Discourse from conflict
• D) Ethnicity discrimination

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Definitions:

Cocktail-Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli.

Sound Shadow

An area where sound waves are obstructed or diminished, often created by obstacles that prevent sound from reaching a listener directly.

Volley Principle

A theory in neuroscience suggesting that groups of neurons can produce a higher frequency of action potentials if they fire in sequence rather than singly.

Signal-Detection Theory

A theory that explores how decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty, typically in the context of detecting weak or ambiguous signals amidst noise.