129908 20260217205503.0 doi 10.1108/JHOM-04-2023-0118 sideral 136168 ART-2024-136168 eng García-Rayado, Jaime Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1761-4119 Users' involvement in digital health collaborative projects 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Purpose: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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-113905GB-I00 nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S56-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/726840/EU/Transforming into Open, Innovative and Collaborative Governments/TROPICO This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 726840-TROPICO info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-IBERCAJA-CAI/CH4-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 2.2 2024 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES 58 / 125 = 0.464 2024 Q2 T2 0.648 2024 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) 2024 Q2 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2024 Q2 Health Policy 2024 Q2 3.6 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Callens, Chesney 4002 230 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas Área Economía Finan. y Contab. 38, 1 (2024), 129-148 J. health organ. manag. Journal of Health Organization and Management 1477-7266 363335 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129908/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1473824 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129908/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:129908 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:22:34 ARTICLE