Abstract:This study explores the mediating mechanism and boundary condition of the influence of democratic governance of employment relations on employee creativity, and uses cross-level survey data for empirical research. The results showed that: (1) democratic governance of employment relations was positively related to employee creativity. (2) Intrinsic motivation partially mediated the relationship between democratic governance of employment relations and employee creativity. (3) Organizational knowledge intensity moderated the relationship between democratic governance of employment relations and intrinsic motivation. (4) The interaction between democratic governance of employment relations and organizational knowledge intensity influenced employee creativity through intrinsic motivation.