Karin Does Not Want Her Supervisor to Know That

question 32

Multiple Choice

. Karin does not want her supervisor to know that the employees she is in charge of are not fulfilling their obligations, fearing the information will make her look like a bad manager to her boss. She decides not to tell her supervisor and deal with it on her own. This type of message distortion is

• A) gatekeeping.
• B) general distortion.
• C) withholding.
• D) upward withholding.

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