Which of the Following Statements About Organizational Communication Is FALSE

question 221

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about organizational communication is FALSE?

• A)Physical location affects the opportunity to participate in the grapevine.
• B)Supervisors can be trained to communicate more effectively.
• C)It is more difficult to regulate non-verbal communication when the sender has low emotional involvement.
• D)Organizational grapevines can communicate accurate information.
• E)Personality plays a role in the transmission of grapevine information.

---

Definitions:

Genetic Factors

Components of an organism's genetic makeup that influence its characteristics, traits, and predispositions to certain conditions or behaviors.

Big Five Traits

The Big Five personality traits model outlines five broad dimensions of human personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, believed to encompass the spectrum of human personality.

Heritability

The proportion of variation among individuals that can be attributed to genetic factors, often used in the context of traits or behaviors.

Fraternal Twins

Siblings born at the same time who are genetically as similar as regular siblings because they are the result of two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm.