Questions:
Communication failure resulting in a negative outcome
A paper in which you describe your perception of the nature of the relationship, the communication failure, and the resulting negative outcome. Include detailed answers to the following questions:
1. What communication barriers existed in this situation?
2. How did the listening habits of both parties negatively affect the interpersonal relationship and, ultimately, result in a negative outcome?
3. How might empathic listening have improved interpersonal communication in this situation?
4. What intercultural communication barriers were evident? Consider gender, class, ethnicity, age, and so on. How could both parties have demonstrated better intercultural communication competence?
5. What essential interpersonal communication behaviors could have prevented the negative outcome?
Reference at least three academic sources.