Share-Based Compensation Plans - Value Driver Award Programs - Additional Information (Details) - Value Driver Performance Programs	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vested at end of year one (as a percent)	50.00%
Award vested at end of year two (as a percent)	50.00%
Award requisite service period (in years)	1 year

This element represents the percentage of the stock-based award which will vest at the end of year one.

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- Definition

This element represents the percentage of the stock-based award which will vest at the end of year two.

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- Definition

Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, 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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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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