Vila Vázquez, GuadalupeCastro Casal, CarmenÁlvarez Pérez, María Dolores2020-10-232020-10-232020Vila-Vázquez, G.; Castro-Casal, C.; Álvarez-Pérez, D. From LMX to Individual Creativity: Interactive Effect of Engagement and Job Complexity. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2626http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23397This study explores how the quality of leader–member exchange (LMX) is associated with employees’ creativity via engagement, and the moderating role of a job characteristic related to knowledge (job complexity) in this relationship. A moderated mediation model was tested on a sample of 320 employees from emergent high-tech and knowledge-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Spain. The results supported an indirect influence of LMX on individual creativity through engagement. Additionally, this study found that job complexity accentuated the impact of engagement on creativity. More importantly, the findings confirmed that the intensity of the LMX–engagement–creativity relationship was moderated by job complexity. That is, the relationship was stronger when job complexity was high. Taken together, this study improves the understanding of the factors that contribute to increased employee creativity, an important outcome for high-tech and knowledge-based SMEseng© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/LMXEngagementJob complexityCreativityHigh-tech and knowledge-based SMEsjournal article10.3390/ijerph170826261660-4601open access