Share-Based Compensation - Plans (Details) - Restricted Stock Units	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expense recognition period	4 years
Vesting Two Years From January 31 of Grant Year
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock incentive plan, vesting period	24 months
Vesting percentage	50.00%
Vesting Three Years From January 31 of Grant Year
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock incentive plan, vesting period	36 months
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Vesting Four Years From January 31 of Grant Year
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock incentive plan, vesting period	48 months
Vesting percentage	25.00%

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expense Recognition Period

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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