Hi! Today we will be talking about barriers in communication, this article will be short but precise and sufficient for your UGC NET SET JRF NVS KVS RSMSSB KPSC JKSET etc exams.
Semantic Barriers:
The word ‘semantics’ is from greek word ‘semantikos’ meaning ‘significant’.
Semantic barriers occur when the sender and receiver have different understandings of the message sent.
- Wrong interpretations.
- Physical Noise
- Sarcasm
- Indirect remarks
- Ambiguous Assumptions
- Wrong interpretations.
Physical Barriers:
- Poor Hearing
- Distance
Psychological Barriers: emotional barriers
- Premature evaluation: People can make certain conclusions prematurely and hastily based on scanty data and their own frame of reference.
- Lack of attention.
- Absense of mind.
- Absence of motivation
- Preoccupation of mind.
- Trust issues: Distrust between communicator and communicate acts as a barrier.
Personal Barriers:
- Lack of confidence
- Superiority complex
- Unwillingness of superiors to communicate to the subordinates may affect the communication process in organization.
Organisational Barriers:
- Rigid rules.
- Superiority complex among superiors can be there.
- Chain of Command: Some organisations insist on the flow of communication strictly following the hierarchy.
- Lack of good facilities for smooth communication can hamper the communication.
- Lack of Feedback: Organisations generally do not cater for feedback mechanism in the structure of communication
Other barriers of communication:
- Language barriers
- Talkative
- Lack of eye contact
- Interpersonal Problems: Interpersonal communication is most sensitive to distortions, because the participants are face-to-face and exchange ideas and views, using multiple modes of communication, and thus making hidden message susceptible to detection.
- Perceptual Problems: Sender and receiver can induce distortions in communication through incorrect perception. Stereotyping, prejudice and selectivity are few of the common problems that cause distortion.
- Lack of Listening:Lack of interest and such like reasons can be attributed of poor listening on the part of the receiver.
Refrences:
- http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000023MA/P001399/M022616/ET/1504697696module29niti.pdf
- https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/14927/1/Unit-7.pdf