The Organizational Grapevine

Multiple Choice

The organizational grapevine:

A) transmits information very slowly from higher to lower levels in the organization.
B) tends to use communication channels that are low in media richness.
C) ignores social relations among employees in the organization.
D) helps employees to make sense of their workplace when the information is not available through formal channels.
E) The grapevine has all of these characteristics.