The term cubicle comes from the Latin cubiculum, for bed chamber. It was used in English as early as the 15th century. It eventually came to be used for small chambers of all sorts, and for small rooms or study spaces … See more

Prior to the widespread adoption of cubicles beginning in the 1960s, office workers often worked at desks arranged in rows in an open room, where they were exposed to the … See more

• List of desk forms and types
• Architectural acoustics
• Sound masking
• Carrel desk - desks with small wall dividers See more

• CNN/Fortune - Cubicles: The great mistake
• Cubitopia Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine Article on the utopian ideal of the cubicle See more

It is unlikely that any other office furnishings has had as much of a social impact as the introduction of the office cubicle in the… See more

• Adams, Scott. What Do You call a Sociopath in a Cubicle?: (Answer, a Coworker) Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Pub., 2002. See more