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The Purpose of this research article is to study an emerging trend that has attracted much attention in thecontemporary society. This study attempts to examine the impact of Entrepreneurship Orientation on Performance ofSmall and Medium Enterprises in Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is the special intension of this research, toinvestigate this effect within the context of different approaches, theories, and models such as MultidimensionalApproaches, Entrepreneurship Theories namely Contingency Theory and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) along withthe model of Lumpkin and Desks in the literature.Data analyze plan consisted of few steps. Data collection was conceded by 382 SMEs in Sri Lanka using astructured survey questionnaire. The research hypotheses were tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)techniques using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). The conceptual framework of this study examined aneffect of EO on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises which was tested by computing the validity andreliability of the instrument applying the factor analysis along with Cronbach’s Alpha to prove the eligibility. Further,means of descriptive statistics and the structural equation modeling techniques were applied to finalize the results. Theresults revealed that the effect of EO on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises is statistically significant andpositive.

Mabotuwana Vithanage Sujith Shyaman Udayanga, Mohd Shukri Abd. Yajid, Ali Khatibi, S. M. Ferdous Azam, “AN IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION ON PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN SRI LANKA”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp. 111-118, March 2019.