---
_id: '59163'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: While existing studies have extensively explored various facets of international
    students’ experiences, a gap remains in understanding the connection between their
    social capital accumulation and information-seeking practices that shape the incoming
    students’ extended transition process. Successful information-seeking is not solely
    related to academic outcome; it is also influenced by the social capital resources
    available within and beyond familiar cultural groups. This article sheds light
    on how international students’ social capital accumulation shapes their information
    searches across various online and offline social networks. A total of ten international
    students were interviewed at the beginning and the end of their first semester
    in Germany during the 2022–23 academic year. The findings demonstrate that the
    incoming students’ information-seeking strategies and social capital accumulation
    change over time. The students rely on their previously established social connections
    offline and online when preparing for their departure. Upon arrival in Germany,
    the students continue to search for information within their linguistic and cultural
    familiar groups, but their information-seeking process shifts to local in-person
    contexts. During the semester, lecturers and fellow students become useful information
    sources at the university while the students develop confidence in their foreign
    language skills.</jats:p>
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jeannine
  full_name: Teichert, Jeannine
  id: '83055'
  last_name: Teichert
  orcid: 0000-0002-7571-891X
- first_name: Liang-Wen
  full_name: Lin-Januszewski, Liang-Wen
  id: '83883'
  last_name: Lin-Januszewski
citation:
  ama: 'Teichert J, Lin-Januszewski L-W. Linking social capital accumulation and information-seeking
    practices of international students in Germany. <i>Transitions: Journal of Transient
    Migration</i>. Published online 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>'
  apa: 'Teichert, J., &#38; Lin-Januszewski, L.-W. (2025). Linking social capital
    accumulation and information-seeking practices of international students in Germany.
    <i>Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Teichert_Lin-Januszewski_2025, title={Linking social capital accumulation
    and information-seeking practices of international students in Germany}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>}, journal={Transitions:
    Journal of Transient Migration}, publisher={Intellect}, author={Teichert, Jeannine
    and Lin-Januszewski, Liang-Wen}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: 'Teichert, Jeannine, and Liang-Wen Lin-Januszewski. “Linking Social Capital
    Accumulation and Information-Seeking Practices of International Students in Germany.”
    <i>Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration</i>, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>.'
  ieee: 'J. Teichert and L.-W. Lin-Januszewski, “Linking social capital accumulation
    and information-seeking practices of international students in Germany,” <i>Transitions:
    Journal of Transient Migration</i>, 2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>.'
  mla: 'Teichert, Jeannine, and Liang-Wen Lin-Januszewski. “Linking Social Capital
    Accumulation and Information-Seeking Practices of International Students in Germany.”
    <i>Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration</i>, Intellect, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1">10.1386/tjtm_00071_1</a>.'
  short: 'J. Teichert, L.-W. Lin-Januszewski, Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration
    (2025).'
date_created: 2025-03-26T16:25:06Z
date_updated: 2025-07-03T09:03:54Z
doi: 10.1386/tjtm_00071_1
language:
- iso: eng
publication: 'Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration'
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2397-7140
  - 2397-7159
publication_status: published
publisher: Intellect
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Linking social capital accumulation and information-seeking practices of international
  students in Germany
type: journal_article
user_id: '83055'
year: '2025'
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