Exploring the Influence of Collective Conscience in Multi-Generational Agile Project Teams: A Sociological Insight

Diversity management is a topic of significant importance in the contemporary business world. Involvement of individuals from multiple generations in an agile project may result in complications within the team. The collective conscience of individuals belonging to the same generation affects their outlook of the world which affects their decision making and other workplace behaviours. This paper attempts to explore the influence of collective conscience as a core factor affecting multi-generational mindset in agile projects. An in-depth study has been done through systematic literature review. It has been seen that collective conscience as a factor that affects individuals’ behaviour might give rise to potential conflict within teams. By studying the role of collective conscience as the cause of such diversity, potential areas of conflict within teams can be identified and resolved before they actually arise. In this research five such areas have been identified that are the key areas in which generational diversity might cause challenge in an agile team, owing to collective conscience that drives difference in perception of reality.