Investigating the Effect of Intelligence on Entrepreneurship Profile: Emphasizing on Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory and Presenting Theoretical Model(Case study: Students in Art Faculty of Sistan and Baluchestan University)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of intelligence on entrepreneurship profile emphasizing on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory. The statistical population consisted of all 300 students in Art Faculty of Sistan and Baluchestan University and 169 students were selected as research sample by systematic method using Morgan table. This is an applied research. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences and entrepreneurial characteristics questionnaires were used to collect data. Cronbach's alpha test was applied to determine the reliability of the questionnaires. The reliability of both questionnaires was greatly confirmed by the coefficients of 0.956 and 0.958 for multiple intelligence and entrepreneurship profile questionnaires, respectively. In order to confirm the research model, Structural Equation Modeling was used; research data were analyzed using AMOS 20 and SPSS 20. The results showed that intelligence had positive effect on entrepreneurship profile. Also, all types of Gardner’s intelligences had positive effect on entrepreneurship profiles of research sample.