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The Status of Women in Utah Business
(2014)
  • Susan R. Madsen, Utah Valley University
  • Candice Backus, Utah Valley University
  • Glaucia Jones, Utah Valley University
Abstract
In September 2013, the Center for American Progress re-leased a report titled “The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Na-tion.”1 This report ranks Utah last of all 50 states in terms of women holding positions of decision making and leadership. The report focuses solely on the percentage of women in elected office and private sector management positions. To promote understanding and action, we provide a more de-tailed look at the status of women in leadership in various sectors in Utah. This is the last of four 2014 briefs, each of which compares national data with Utah data and provides a pertinent literature review. The first three provide data on women leaders in Utah politics, nonprofit organizations, and higher and public education institutions. This brief focuses on the status of women leaders in Utah business. More specifi-cally, it provides data regarding the gender of top company leaders (e.g., CEOs, presidents, or lead managers) and the corporate board chair and members. But first we highlight details about the Utah study we conducted.
Keywords
  • Utah,
  • women,
  • leader,
  • leadership
Publication Date
Spring April 17, 2014
Citation Information
Susan R. Madsen, Candice Backus and Glaucia Jones. "The Status of Women in Utah Business" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_madsen/205/