Grapevine communication in the workplace can take the form of ______, where one person tells others what he or she knows and, of those others, one tells others, and on and on.

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A cluster chain in grapevine communication occurs when one person shares information with a select group of people, and then those individuals may pass the information on to other select individuals, creating a branching or clustering pattern of information flow. This contrasts with a single-strand pattern, where information is passed from one person to another in a linear sequence.

Grapevine Communication in the Workplace Can Take the Form of ______