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Do ethical values buffer against workplace stressors? Interactive effects of challenge-hindrance stressors and Islamic work ethics on individualized change outcomes (¿Constituyen los valores éticos un factor de amortiguación frente a los estresores laborales? Efectos interactivos de los estresores obstáculo y la ética laboral islámica en los resultados de cambio individual)

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Pages 321-352 | Received 29 Oct 2022, Accepted 14 Aug 2023, Published online: 31 Oct 2023

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