Higher Vocational Students’ Future Self-continuity and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Preparation Behavior in China: The Moderating Effect of Financial Literacy and Belief in a Just World

How to stimulate sustainable entrepreneurship among higher vocational students is ambiguous, and cognition is related to sustainable entrepreneurship. Therefore, based on a sample of 206 Chinese higher vocational students, this paper studies the relationship between Chinese higher vocational students’ future self-continuity and sustainable entrepreneurial preparation behaviors, as well as the facilitating effects of financial literacy and belief in a just world. The results confirm for the first time that Chinese higher vocational students’ future self-continuity is significantly and positively associated with sustainable entrepreneurial preparation behavior, and that financial literacy contributes significantly, while belief in a just world do not contribute. This suggests that Chinese higher vocational students need not only knowledge of their present and future selves but also the link between financial knowledge and skills to be able to adequately contribute to sustainable entrepreneurial preparedness.