Table 2

General descriptions

NrAuthor/Year of publicationCountryDesignLevelNetwork sizeSectorTarget groupNetwork goal
1Lindsay et al. (2008) United KingdomQualitativeNetwork & IndividualNot specifiedPublic-privateJobseekers and reintegrationEmployability
2Leung et al. (2019) United StatesQualitativeOrganizational and networkNot specifiedprivateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
3Carter et al. (2009) United StatesQuantitativeNetwork324 organizationsPublic-privateYoung people with disabilitiesEmployability
4Wu et al. (2014) United KingdomQuantitativeOrganizational259 organizationsPrivateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
5Van Gestel et al. (2019) NetherlandsMixed methodNetwork & Individual141 organizationsPublic-privateWelfare recipientsEmployability
6Koster (2021) NetherlandsQuantitativeNetwork161 organizationsPublic-privateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
7Marchington et al. (2011) United KingdomQualitativeNetworkNot specifiedPublic-privateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
8Pennec and Raufflet (2016) GuatemalaQualitativeNetworkNot specified (community)Public-privateLocal communityHigher level of prosperity
9Wulf and Butel (2017) Italy/GermanyQualitativeNetworkNot specifiedPrivateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
10Yström et al. (2019) SwedenQualitativeNetwork6 organizationsPrivateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
11Bills et al. (2021) United StatesQualitativeNetworkNot specifiedPrivateNetwork stakeholdersDevelopment human capital
12Courchesne et al. (2024) NetherlandsQualitativeNetworkNot specifiedPublic-privateWorking-age peopleEmployability and mobility
13Schmidt and Kochan (1977) United StatesQuantitativeOrganizational36 organizationsPublic-privateUnemployedEmployability
14Courchesne et al. (2025) NetherlandsMixed methodIndividualNot specifiedPublic-privateWorking-age peopleEmployability and mobility
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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