An employee was terminated for withholding information related to the purchase of new software.The employee was aware that it was buggy software but did not disclose this to his employers since the software manufacturer had bribed him.Prior to termination,the employee was a(n)_____ in his company's buying center.

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The employee was withholding information and acting as a gatekeeper by not disclosing the fact that the software was faulty due to the bribe offered by the manufacturer. The gatekeeper controls the flow of information in the buying center and can either allow or restrict information to others in the center.

An Employee Was Terminated for Withholding Information Related to the Purchase