Stock and Incentive Programs for Employees and Directors - Performance Share Units - Narrative (Detail) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized share-based compensation cost	$ 6.4
Unrecognized compensation expense, weighted-average period of recognition	1 year 10 months 24 days
Performance share units
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accelerated vested shares \| shares	1,726
Unrecognized share-based compensation cost	$ 3.2
Unrecognized compensation expense, weighted-average period of recognition	1 year 9 months 18 days

Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options accelerated vested in period.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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