000129908 001__ 129908 000129908 005__ 20250923084410.0 000129908 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1108/JHOM-04-2023-0118 000129908 0248_ $$2sideral$$a136168 000129908 037__ $$aART-2024-136168 000129908 041__ $$aeng 000129908 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1761-4119$$aGarcía-Rayado, Jaime$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000129908 245__ $$aUsers' involvement in digital health collaborative projects 000129908 260__ $$c2024 000129908 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000129908 5203_ $$aPurpose:This research analyzes the roles of users in innovative digital health collaborative projects from the perspective of the user by considering three dimensions: their motivation, project activities and the support of the partnership for their effective involvement. Design/methodology/approach: The authors unraveled profiles of users by using a Q-methodological analysis of 24 statements and 44 service users. The statements for the three dimensions were designed according to previous models of stakeholder identification and customer participation in new product management. Findings: The authors obtained two profiles that advocate active participation of users, though with a different degree of involvement. One of them supports the role of users as “advisors” of users' preferences and needs, and the other indicates a higher involvement of users as “cocreators” of the innovation, with the same contribution and responsibility as the other partners. Originality/value: Previous research has analyzed user involvement in digital health, as part of wider research on factors leading to the success and adoption of innovations. Moreover, previous research has analyzed user involvement in innovation projects, but without differentiating between projects carried out by an individual organization and those conducted by a partnership. This research contributes to filling this gap by revealing users' expectations about their involvement and how they think they will fit in with the dynamics of collaborative projects. 000129908 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-113905GB-I00$$9nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S56-20R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/726840/EU/Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments/TROPICO$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 726840-TROPICO$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-IBERCAJA-CAI/CH4-20 000129908 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ 000129908 590__ $$a2.2$$b2024 000129908 592__ $$a0.648$$b2024 000129908 591__ $$aHEALTH POLICY & SERVICES$$b58 / 124 = 0.468$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT2 000129908 593__ $$aBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)$$c2024$$dQ2 000129908 593__ $$aOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management$$c2024$$dQ2 000129908 593__ $$aHealth Policy$$c2024$$dQ2 000129908 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000129908 700__ $$aCallens, Chesney 000129908 7102_ $$14002$$2230$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas$$cÁrea Economía Finan. y Contab. 000129908 773__ $$g38, 1 (2024), 129-148$$pJ. health organ. manag.$$tJournal of Health Organization and Management$$x1477-7266 000129908 8564_ $$s363335$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129908/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000129908 8564_ $$s1473824$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129908/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000129908 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:129908$$particulos$$pdriver 000129908 951__ $$a2025-09-22-14:29:43 000129908 980__ $$aARTICLE