https://ris.uni-paderborn.de 2000-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 weekly Linking social capital accumulation and information-seeking practices of international students in Germany https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/record/59163 Teichert, Jeannine Lin-Januszewski, Liang-Wen 2025 <jats:p>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> https://ris.uni-paderborn.de/record/59163 eng Intellect info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1386/tjtm_00071_1 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2397-7140 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2397-7159 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess 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> Linking social capital accumulation and information-seeking practices of international students in Germany info:eu-repo/semantics/article doc-type:article text http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501