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INTRODUCTION
Informal communication also known as Grapevine is the result not of any official action, but of the operation of social forces at work places. The term grapevine arose during the days of U.S. Civil War. At that time, intelligence telephone lines were strung loosely from tree to tree in the manner of grapevine and the message thereon was often distorted; hence any rumour was said to be grapevine. Today, the term applies to all informal communication. Informal communication is the method by which people carry on social, non programming activities within the formal boundaries of the system.
Grapevine Network
Grapevine follows different types of network. Usually, there are four types of pattern through which grapevine travels. These are single strand, gossip, probability and cluster.
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Cluster
Rumour
The word rumour is sometimes used as a synonym for the whole informal communication, but there is a difference between two. Rumour is grapevine information which is communicated without any standard of evidence present. It is the injudicious and untrue part of the grapevine. Rumour is a product of interest and ambiguity in a situation. Since perception of interest and ambiguity differs among individuals, rumour tends to change from person to person. Depending upon the interest, each person subtracts or add