Editor's notes

The need to adapt behaviors appropriately to situational constraints and particular members is one aspect of leadership that has received minimal attention from previous research. This study examined the distributional structures of leaders' comments in discussions with differing purposes in an attempt to determine whether leaders adapt their oral behaviors to meet varying goals and to compensate for failures in previous meetings. It was concluded that leaders do adapt oral behaviors to achieve objectives and in response to past failures. This finding suggests that a broad repertoire of possible behaviors is important for successful leaders who find themselves in a variety of discussional situations with divergent goals, members, and constraints.     

Editor's Remarks

Radio is at its highest revenue levels ever while some of the industry's major mass formats are in flux. The Country boom of the early 90s has quieted, News/Talk and Alternative Rock formats are on the upswing. The changes in America's popular radio formats reflect changes in America itself The aging of the Baby Boom generation and the demassification of all media have changed radio in dramatic ways in just a few years. This paper studies where modern radio formats are today and how they got to this point.