Employee salary reduction percentage.

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Restricted stock issued against salary percentage.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Description of service or performance condition required to be met for earning right to award under share-based payment arrangement. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement.

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Intrinsic value of vested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Units - Service Based - Additional Information (Detail) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2020 shares	Feb. 29, 2020 shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Service Based Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock awards issued during the period \| shares	47,539	153,694
Stock award vesting term	47,539 service-based restricted stock awards were issued.	Company issued to employees 153,694 service-based restricted stock awards under the LTIP that vest in three substantially equal annual increments commencing in 2021.
Restricted shares vested grant date intrinsic value			$ 18	$ 32	$ 1,900	$ 2,200
Employee salary reduction percentage	0.10
Vesting period	1 year
Restricted stock issued against salary percentage	0.05
Service Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares vested grant date intrinsic value			$ 0	$ 0	$ 44	$ 30