Olivia was returning from her break when her boss saw her and stated, "I noticed your break was especially long this afternoon." Her boss was curious if there was anything amiss, but did not want to pry. Olivia interpreted this message as if her boss had used a disapproving tone and was a little upset by it. Later that day Olivia was reporting on a project to her boss and she was a bit more forceful in her presentation and brought in many more justifications for project changes than she had originally intended to. This change in Olivia's work presentation happened because of what type of communication barrier?

The given change in Olivia's work presentation happened because of Filtering

Explanation:

A communication barrier is something that stops us from accessing and interpreting communications that other people use to communicate their knowledge, thoughts, and ideas.

Filtering is a transmitter that handles information in this way the recipient would be included more favorably. The number of rates in an organization's framework is the main factor in determining of the filtering. Filtering also happens when the recipient of the message enables multiple persons to pass the information before reaching their final destination.

A Few examples of filtering have included a manager who leaves her boss, the vice-president, in the midst of the bad news, with the poor sales statistics from her division.