Question

Gossip and rumor in an organization are part of the _____, which itself is a type of ______ communication channel.

a. organization chart; horizontal
b. culture; horizontal
c. organization chart; informal
d. grapevine; horizontal
e. grapevine; informal

Answer 1

e. grapevine; informal

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that there are two types of informal communication i.e. grapevine and the management by the wandering around. Here grapevine represents the non-official communiation that shows a network of the gossip plus rumor that we called as an employee langugae

Therefore as per the given situation, the option e is correct and hence, the same is to be considered