Carol Bartz

In hiring Marissa Mayer as new CEO, is Yahoo putting her on a ‘glass cliff’

Often, struggling companies look for team-builders, collaborators, people who will put their ego aside to move people toward a common goal. According to British academics, that means they are more likely to hire a woman. Is that what Marissa Mayer is walking into?

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