A mail questionnaire survey was conducted to examine relationships between the nature and the kind of past work experiences and the present quality of life perceived by the retirees from three large private corporations located in the Tokyo and Osaka areas. Out of 457 retired managers surveyed, 596 (74.8%) provided usable data for the present study. The respondents' average age was found to be 66.5, and average years after retirement 9.1. A set of measures was developed to evaluate the quality of life after retirement, namely a Life Satisfaction Scale, a Degree of Contribution Scale, and a Sense of Life Meaningfulness Scale. Results of analyses indicated that past experiences of internal control on the job, intrinsic job satisfaction and work centrality significantly related to a set of QL measures, after controlling for age, income, and housing conditions. These findings were discussed regarding the corporate personnel policies involving older workers, and necessary training and education programs in the company to cope with the expected aging society in Japan toward the year 2000.