A barrier to communication, poor organizational climate is: A barrier to communication, poor organizational climate is: the sender may not be believable for several reasons and individuals with relatively greater status have more credibility than those with little status poor communication skills can be attributed to an individuals lack of training, education level, experience, cognitive capacity, and personality traits very formal organizations may discourage all but formal and approved communications the more gates communication must pass through the more likely the message will pass slowly and be altered