The aim of the presented research study is to identify elementary and secondary school teachers' leadership behaviours in terms of Kouzes and Posner's conception in relation to teachers' self-esteem. The study is of a quantitative, correlational design using the following research tools: Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSS). The research sample consists of 213 elementary and secondary school teachers from Middle Slovakia. The main findings of the empirical analysis include weak, statistically significant relationships between LPI variables and self-esteem. Our findings indicate a weak relationship between teachers' leadership behaviours and their self-esteem.
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