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cubicles  

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  • Cubicles are a type of office systems furniture that promotes a particular kind of physical and social structure in the modern workplace. Cubicles were born out of an idealistic effort to increase productivity and even social equality, but within a few years of their introduction, cubicles had become emblematic of the alienation typical of some modern office work. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Cubicles]

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