Abstract:
Thissnrdyexaminestheimpactofentrepreneurial.characteristicsontheperformanceofsmall.
scaleorterprisesintheoi,ui.totVavuniya.Thisiswithaviewtoevaluatethoentepreneurial
charactpristicsimpactonbu,in.,,performanceandfindoutwhichentreproneurialcharacteristics
ar€mostimportanttoinfluenceonbusinessperforrnance'Entrepreneurialcharacteristicswere
conceptualizedwithinthecombinationsofachievernentcompctenoies,planningcompetenciesand
powercompetoncies.Primarydata,throughquestionnairesurveywith,directpersonalinrcniew
teohniquesworecollectedfromthe56sampleofsmall.scaleentrcproT:r:1|ouefunctioningin
thedistrictofVavuniya.Datawereanalyzedusingdescrtptiveandinferentialstatistics.Nso,
conelation analysiq and regresioL analysis were caried out to examllethe relationship between
contextual variabres and business performance ** ,nu aid of statistical Packages for social
Scionces(SPSS).Thisstudyhypothesizedthatentrepreneurialcharacteristic,asacompositeas
well as its dimenqions donlt have relationship with business pt'folmantt' Findings of the result
demonstratedttratentropreneurialcharactuisticshavepositiveimpactonbusinessperfotmance'
Among the three salient competencies' 'plannin' 'oti"tn"ts
are the most important factor to
influence on business porformance'
