Self-esteem; personality traits; military professionals-managers; development; neuroticism

The aim of the research was to find out the relationships between selected personality traits of military profesionals - managers in the Army of the Czech Republic with a focus on self-esteem in the context of their development. The research group consisted of 109 respondents in command and management positions. The author of the research performed correlation and regression analysis. Selected variables of the five-factor personality questionnaire NEO-FFI and Gordon´s personal profile - inventory were used to verify the hypotheses. The hypotheses confirmed the statistically significant relationships between self-esteem and neuroticism. At the end of the research study are presented some recommendations for the future development of leaders and managers.