Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, pre-tax	$ 14.7
Weighted average remaining vesting period for unrecognized pre-tax stock-based compensation expense, in years	1 year 8 months 12 days
Employees And Non-Employee Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares tendered to satisfy tax withholding requirements on vesting of restricted stock	71,465
Average price per share on which shares are tendered to satisfy tax withholding requirements on vesting of restricted stock	$ 30.66

Average price per share of shares tendered to satisfy tax withholding requirements.

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- Definition

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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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 (i)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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- Definition

Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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