Office cubicles offer employers several advantages: They create inexpensive work stations while maximizing floor space, and can be reconfigured as needed for individual offices or shared areas. "Cubes ...

Once ridiculed as a symbol of homogeneity and ennui, the work space is popular again as employees seek privacy and quiet in the office. How have you decorated your cubicle? Share your photos with us.

Nikil Saval's new book, Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace (Doubleday, April 22), is a fascinating guide to the intellectual history of the American office. Part cultural history, part ...

While the cubicle is today seen as a symbol of the drudgery of office work and the control companies have over their employees, the design was originally meant to give workers more freedom when it was ...