Jeremy, the manager of a manufacturing company, is in a very bad mood over a contract that the company lost. In this situation, one of his employees asks him for a day off. Jeremy refuses to listen to the employee's reason for the leave application and rejects the request. The employee's failure to communicate the reason for the leave application can best be attributed to:
A)relevance timing.
B)prejudice.
C)selective listening.
D)emotional timing.

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The employee's failure to communicate the reason for the leave application can be attributed to emotional timing, as Jeremy's bad mood over a lost contract likely made him unreceptive to listening or understanding the employee's request at that moment.

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