Sandra Owns a Medium-Sized Financial Services Firm

question 89

Multiple Choice

Sandra owns a medium-sized financial services firm. She would like to make the best use of the grapevine for communication. What advice would you give her? 

• A)Use the grapevine for delivering only good news.
• B)Stay away from the grapevine and let employees use it privately.
• C)Increase the amount of information delivered through formal channels.
• D)Eliminate the grapevine entirely and allow formal communication only.

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism proposed by Freud in which unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are excluded from conscious awareness.

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Freudian Interpretation

An approach in psychology that emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts as key factors shaping personality and behavior.