Income Taxes - Narrative (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Current Liabilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Current Liabilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 UNITED KINGDOM	Dec. 31, 2012 INDIA	Dec. 31, 2011 INDIA	Dec. 31, 2013 INDIA Cross Country Infotech Private, Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 INDIA Cross Country Infotech Private, Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax liabilities relating to indefinite lived intangible assets	$ 2,237,409	$ 2,409,238									$ 17,383,878
Valuation allowance	52,001,587	4,032,912
Federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards	78,120,000	53,844,000
Deferred tax expense on share based compensation from prior years	221,000		302,000
Effective tax rate						27.00%		34.00%
Deferred liabilities on undistributed foreign earnings		1,371,000
Tax on unrepatriated earnings	(1,464,728)	2,004,596	0				633,000
Undistributed foreign earnings		9,528,000
Repatriated amount of foreign earnings							3,268,000
Tax holiday entitlement percentage									100.00%
Tax holiday expiration date									March 2011
Tax holiday, reduction to the income tax										178,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	4,986,000	5,204,000	4,500,000	973,000	548,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, which would affect the effective tax rate	4,399,000	4,700,000
Gross increases in current year unrecognized tax	1,177,000
Gross decreases in current year unrecognized tax related to prior year uncertain positions and the closure of tax years	1,394,000
Recognized interest and penalties	81,000	124,000	27,000
Unrecognized tax benefit accrued interest and penalties	$ 1,015,000	$ 886,000