The correct answer is option (2)- Personal barrier.
Personal barrier is discussed in the given lines.
The personal factors of both sender and receiver may exert influence on effective communication.
Fear of challenge to authority: If a superior perceives that a particular communication may adversely affect his authority, he or she may withhold or suppress such communication.
OTHER OPTIONS
- Semantic barriers: Semantics is the branch of linguistics dealing with the meaning of words and sentences. Semantic barriers are concerned with problems and obstructions in the process of encoding and decoding of message into words or impressions.
- Organisational barrier: The factors related to organisation structure, authority relationships, rules and regulations may, sometimes, act as barriers to effective communication.
- Psychological barriers: Emotional or pyschological factors acts as barriers to communicators. For example, a worried person cannot communicate properly and an angry receiver cannot understand the real meaning of message.
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