1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges & ‎Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture , This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
2003 , Byron K. Simerson & ‎Michael D. McCormick , Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job , If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
2014 , Murray Farish , Inappropriate Behavior: Stories , People are being riffed at her company, too.
