Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2016	Apr. 03, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Expiration Term	10 years
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of annual bonus settled with fully vested restricted stock unit awards	40.00%
Unvested Restricted Stock \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recipient age to expense award on grant date	59 years 6 months
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 377,000	$ 397,000
Vesting percentage of stock options granted per year	25.00%
Stock based compensation, vesting period	4 years
Vested Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 1,717,000	1,693,000
Stock based compensation, holding period	4 years
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation expense	$ 3,126,000	$ 3,131,000
Stock based compensation, vesting period	4 years
Unvested Stock Options \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recipient age to expense award on grant date	59 years 6 months

Percentage of Annual Bonus Settled With Vested Restricted Stock Unit Awards

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Share-Based Awards, Recipient Retirement Age

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options expiration term.

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Vested restricted stock awards holding period.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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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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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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