Evaluating Utah's Rural Online Initiative: Empowering Organizational Leaders Through Remote Work

Compared to urban counties, Utah's rural counties experienced high levels of unemployment. Informed by a statewide needs assessment, Utah State University Extension developed remote work leadership course equip business leaders with knowledge and skills create jobs as solution This descriptive evaluation study collected data from participants (N = 62). Findings showed short-term outcomes were achieved; increases in had more positive intentions toward creating hiring employees counties. professionals can design evaluate their programs using the framework this study.