Study aims to investigate about conflict management style and the job satisfaction among private Islamic school teachers. The data consisted of 136 samples from private secondary school teachers at Alor Setar district in Kedah. For acquiring the conflict management style, Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI-II) had been used and to gain the job satisfaction datum, the Teaching Satisfaction Scale (TSS) developed by Ho and Au in 2006 was used. The findings of this research revealed that style of compromising (r = 0.299, p < .01), obliging (r = 0.244, p < .05) and integrating (r = 0.208, p < .05) have a significant relationship with job satisfaction. All these styles give positive outcomes for both parties that lead to positive school outcomes and also to maintain the good relationship with the other parties. When school administrator implemented these three styles will keeps teachers happy and satisfied without any kinds of negative impact on their relations at school. Thus, school administrator must be knowledgeable and aware about the best style of conflict at school to lead more satisfaction because teachers like to be more compromise when handling conflict. This finding suggests that the conflict management affects job satisfaction but excessive and wrong in handling it is associated with diminishing job satisfaction.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the coping strategies employed by university athletes who have lost in a competition. A sample of ten hand ball women athletes (age between 21-24 years old) who represented one of the largest universities in Kuala Lumpur in the Malaysian Inter-varsity games agreed to participate in this study. All of the athletes have signed the consent letter, giving their permission for the interview to be recorded. The result for content analysis has identified two major dimensions; 1) how athletes cope, and 2) ways to cope. In the first dimension (how athletes cope), three major themes have emerged from the interview, which are social support, problem solving, and doing other activities. On the other hand, the second dimension (ways to cope) has identified two major themes, which are concentration and self confidence. However, social support has been claimed by losing athletes as the main coping strategy used to overcome their grief after losing the competition. Suggestions are also recommended in the paper.